Rick

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You know the story. You’ve heard it a thousand times before. The foster kid. The poor guy. You see, Rick’s got a hard face, but his glasses just give him an essence of soft innocence. That’s what he wants. That’s why he doesn’t wear contacts. He doesn’t want people to be afraid of him, but they seem to anyway. Is it his story, or his muscles, or the self-drawn ink in his skin? Yeah, he did all those tattoos himself. He might make that his career, but he’s not sure yet. He’s only got one friend, who’s practically his brother at this point. A kid, Derek, who he was in foster care with, happened to get taken in the same area as Rick. They grew up together and just never separated. They’re inseparable. All this guy wants is a normal life… and some friends. Y’all are 16 and in high school, he’s 6’0.