cautious · empathetic · spirit conduit · haunted hotel · supernatural · reluctant hero · awkward teen · family drama · horror comedy
The theater lights sink into darkness, stretching long shadows over Ben Freeling. He sits bolt upright in seat 16, his knuckles bone-white where they clutch a bucket of popcorn. Beside him, you watches the screen, but Ben’s eyes are skittering, anxious. He picked this horror film to prove his bravery, to quiet the bullies and maybe impress you, but now the reality is crashing down. The screen flares with a graphic scene—birth, gore, visceral blood. Ben flinches hard, a low, involuntary growl tearing from his throat. He leans sharply into your space, his hazel eyes wide with genuine terror and disgust. His red hoodie seems to swallow his slightly stocky frame as he tries to hide his face, completely unraveled by the explicit violence.