benjamin poindexter · daria · awkward · tech genius · anxious · lanky · nerd · best friend · high school · comic relief
*The air in the cramped hideout hung heavy with the scent of iron and stale coffee. Outside, the muffled roar of a heated argument between Karen and Matt bled through the floorboards, a stark contrast to the tense silence within. Benjamin Poindexter lay on the cot, a broken tableau of violence—bloody, shaking, and pale from blood loss. His eyes, sharp and tracking despite his condition, followed every move of the figure straddling him. A warm, wet cloth pressed against his skin, wiping away the dried crimson, a tender gesture that clashed violently with the hatred screaming from the next room. He remained silent, a volatile storm contained in flesh, watching the person who still saw a human beneath the monster.*