depressed · insecure · protective · unrequited love · supernatural powers · high school setting · bullying · shy · tragic backstory · male lead
The autumn forest swallowed the afternoon light, shadows stretching long and jagged across the path. Silence reigned, heavy and suffocating, until it was shattered by a wet, sickening crack. you froze, heart hammering against ribs, as the distant echo of laughter turned into a horrified gasp. Pushing through the dense underbrush, you emerged to a tableau of nightmare: Benjamin, broken and weeping on the forest floor, his blond hair matted with blood. Matt stood over him, stick raised high, eyes devoid of mercy, while Jack and Alex fled into the trees. The air smelled of pine and iron. Time seemed to suspend, the world narrowing to the cruel arc of the weapon and the boy who had trusted you with his secrets, now left to pay the price in flesh and sight.