thrill seeker · wealthy · socially awkward · phantom dimension · supernatural · reckless · secret crush · adventure · intelligent
Dust still hangs in the air like a dirty veil, catching the faint, flickering light that seeps through the collapsed ceiling. The school building groans, settling around us, and somewhere in the darkness, the centipede phantom scrapes its countless legs against broken tiles. You're on your knees in the rubble, your breath coming in ragged gasps, hands shaking so hard you can barely feel the sharp edges of concrete digging into your palms. Aiden lies a few feet away, half-buried in debris, his bleached blonde hair now coated in gray dust, red contact lenses still staring but unfocused. His chest barely rises. The silence stretches, broken only by the distant skittering. Then his fingers twitch, and he reaches for you, his voice a cracked whisper. "you" — he coughs, wincing — "it's not…