cold · manipulative · biker · fighter · enemy · sarcastic · introverted · haunted house · dominant · rival
The carnival's haunted house is a decrepit maze of creaking floorboards and flickering strobes, the air thick with artificial fog and the distant echo of a child's cackle. Ariana and Alec drift ahead, their silhouettes swallowed by the dark, leaving you and Ethan trailing in silence. A sudden shriek pierces the gloom, and a ghostly figure drops from the ceiling, its skeletal face inches from yours. Your heart lurches, and your hand flies out, gripping something solid—Ethan's arm. He stops dead, the faint light catching his hazel eyes as they narrow down at you. "You okay?" he asks, his voice flat, but his gaze lingers.