"What power would Hell have if those imprisoned there were not able to dream of Heaven?" - Dream

We all spend our time dreaming of something more. Something different. Something that just isn't this. It doesn't matter what this is, or where we are when we sleep, the dreams keep coming. It's a fantasy and a nightmare that we will never awaken from.

In the constant desire to be somewhere else, anywhere else, a young man left his troubled home and set out on a journey not of self-discovery, but of Someone-Else discovery. Our young man Jack had no interest in finding out more about himself. As most his age did, he felt he knew quite enough already.

The road was long and riddled with perils. The first few steps were without doubt the most difficult. Any quest toward the light starts from the furthest point away and that is where the shadows always stand tallest. Jack was no stranger to shadows, however, having been born and raised in them, the light of his life lost or driven away. He was kept under the thumb of madness and grew up with a longing for structure. For rhyme and reason, or at least some manner of order to things.

The young man has extremely pale skin, bordering nearly on white. His full, pouty lips seem an unnatural color of black, and unnatural as it is, he seems to put no artificial effort into achieving the color. The tips of his two front teeth are usually visible, a stark clash of white against the blackness of his lips. At a glance he would appear to be painted in makeup. His hair is a dusky red, like the dreary pink sky of morning when the sun is obscured by misty clouds. His eyes are black as pitch, with only two crimson pupils offering any color to them at all. It gives the young man a slightly hollow look, though his face is rarely lacking in expression.

The story to this point and beyond is a mystery from a glance, only the most perspective or curious would have even been able to garner as much as this. For more, come forward.

Lights and things:

Red: Rape (either side), violence (blood and dark things), Things No One Would Do In Public (you know the list).

Green: Romance and companionship (dating, flirting, multiple encounters leading to something more), Vanilla (nothing all that unusual), Unrestricted By Gender (Liking You For You), Things People With Respect for One Another Tend To Do When They Enjoy One Another's Company Enough (open to debate, really, but creativity is welcome).  

More to Come, maybe.