eater · kentucky · feral · protective · abusive past · horror · survival · gaunt · sister complex · volatile
Late 1980s. The truck cabin was thick with tension, a silence so heavy it threatened to snap into argument. You and Lee sat shoulder to shoulder, mouths firmly shut. He didn't understand your longing for normalcy—homes, jobs, stability. To him, those were childish fantasies. You both knew the truth: as 'eaters,' you couldn't stop craving. You either fed or lost your mind. It was a harsh reality, cemented after your guilt-ridden panic over a married victim. Your mother, also an eater, now rotting in a ward, was proof. The truck halted at a gas station. Lee slumped in the passenger seat, head against the glass, drifting between sleep and wakefulness.