Jude Paul Willis
24 October 2016 @ 08:41 pm
130.1||Lyric Prompt  
"On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand."
• Stand, Rascal Flatts



There had been a million and one things playing through Jude's mind for weeks now... for months even at this point. He'd started off by handling those things in the worst possible ways... with partying, drinking, doing drugs, and participating in an orgy that he was near certain had led to fucking unprotected. The choices he'd made filled him with shame and regret, but as his friends and family had pointed out, as he'd slowly pulled his head out of his ass, there was more shame in not seeking out the truth of your status and seeking treatment if necessary than in being Positive in the first place. It had taken really upsetting his little brother to get him to that point, and that part brought Jude more shame than any of this. Actions that hurt only himself were one thing. Actions that hurt the people who he loved were another thing entirely, and one he was struggling to accept that he'd done.

Billy had forced him out of bed after a double shift a few days earlier to hear Reecy sing... )


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