Chapter 1: Jason Marc
"Jason! When you're done taking out the trash, come help me with the next order! They want a burger and fries!"
A loud voice echoed through a small diner as a woman carried two large plates of burgers around the table and toward the customers who ordered them. The woman looked to be somewhere in her mid-forties, but she moved with the grace of a much younger woman, and when she smiled, it was beautiful enough to make anyone smile back at her.
Her name was Mira Marc, and she was a single mother and owner of the Marc Diner. Her son, Jason Marc, helped her out in the diner whenever he wasn't at school, and he was currently taking care of a group of boys that had been causing an issue in the diner.
The boys were taking TikTok videos and making loud noises that were bothering the other diners, so Jason immediately went over to talk with them. And when the boys didn't listen, Jason took them outside for a more 'physical' conversation.
The bell at the top of the diner door rang, and Mira turned to see Jason walking back inside. Jason was a seventeen-year-old boy with dark hair and eyes. He was tall, well over six feet in height, and he towered over basically everybody that came close to him! His face was set in an impassive look as he cleaned his hand on his apron and nodded at his mom while walking towards the kitchen.
"You said they wanted fries and a burger?"
Jason spoke up curiously, and Mira smiled as she saw some dirt on his cheek. Mira came closer and used her thumb to clean the dirt off. She then looked outside the glass door of their diner at the boys that were hurriedly running away down the street.
Mira spoke with a tired sigh.
"I hope you didn't hurt them too much. You know the kids these days aren't very strong; they never go to the gym."
Mira patted her son's broad chest happily, and Jason just chuckled at his mother's joke.
Jason hadn't hurt the boys that badly. When they went outside, he just told them to leave and never come back, and when one of them tried to attack him for insulting them, he smacked the boy hard enough to make his ears ring for a few seconds. If anyone asks, then Jason would say it was self-defense. The boy attacked him first.