The Stranger
By: Harikamaru
The air was cold. The steel of the railing beneath his feet was colder. His body was as numb as his cold heart inside. His heart didn't seem to be beating anymore. The pain of life had become too much for him. He decided to end it all. The pain, the sorrow, the loneliness, everything. He just wanted peace. This sorrowful beginning is, sadly, the end of this lonesome wolves life. Jesse is a young wolf. 14 years old or so. He is gay and has been taunted and ridiculed for it all his young life. Jesse sought to end it tonight. He was going to end it, or so he thought. For as he was standing there on the bridge, a car was driving across the bridge as well.
Jesse heard the screech of tires and the opening of a car door. He heard a voice calling to him, but it seemed so far away. Seemingly hushed and quiet. He thought it was only his imagination until he heard the voice get louder and footsteps come up behind him. He turned around to see a wolf staring at him. He looked to be in his early 20's, gray fur, and the brightest blue eyes Jesse had ever seen. What surprised Jesse was that they had a look of concern in them. He didn't think anyone cared for him anymore. Especially some stranger who he'd never met before. The stranger spoke then. In a gruff but kind voice.
"What are you doing up there?" the stranger asked.
"I'm going to end it" Jesse said back.
"End what?" said the stranger
"The pain of life" Jesse said.
"Get down from there" the stranger said.
"No. You don't understand what I go through day to day just to live. I don't want to go through it anymore. So fuck off." Jesse said.
Jesse turned around and began to step off the railing when he felt strong arms grab his mid section and pull him off the railing.
"Let me go" Jesse yelled as he tried to fight out of the steel grip that was wrapped around him.
"No" came the gruff response.
"Please let me go. I can't take it anymore" Jesse said as he began to cry.
The stranger did the last thing Jesse would ever have expected him to do. He hugged Jesse to his strong chest and let him cry into his shirt. After Jesse stopped crying he seemed to enter a kind of trance-like state. He couldn't move or speak. Just sat there in the stranger's arms. The stranger picked him up in his arms and carried him back to his car. He opened the passenger seat door and placed Jesse in it. Making sure to buckle him in. Jesse couldn't open his mouth to protest so he just sat there in the stranger's car and hoped he wasn't going to kidnap him and hurt him, even though he could care less at this point. The stranger closed the door and walked over to his door and got in the drivers seat. He closed his door and turned on his car. He adjusted the heater so it was all the way up and on full blast. Pointing all the vents towards Jesse. The heat causing Jesse to start falling into an unconscious state. Before falling asleep, he asked the stranger one question. "What's your name?" Jesse asked weakly. "My name is Jack. And I'm going to keep you safe from now on" He replied. Jesse, unable to keep his eyes open any longer, drifted off into unconsciousness.