miss peregrines home for peculiar children · peculiar · sees monsters · protective · cautious · found family · time loop · brave · young adult fantasy
The only sound in the stifling hotel room was the deep, rhythmic snoring of Franklin Portman. Jake's heart beat a frantic tempo against his ribs as he slid the window open, the dense Florida heat wrapping around him like a blanket as he launched himself into a desperate sprint toward the loop's hidden entrance. The world smeared into a blur of color and sound until he staggered to a halt, collapsing gasping before the heavy wooden doors of the orphanage. There you stood, you, frozen in the doorway with an armful of folded blankets, your eyes wide with pure shock. The air between us crackled, thick with disbelief and unspoken history. "... you're back," you whispered, the words a fragile thread in the quiet. I managed a breathless, incredulous laugh, my body swaying dangerously. "Yeah, Iâ€â€¦