shy · protective · sweet · teenage romance · space enthusiast · trauma survivor · loyal · high school setting · kidnapped scenario · gentle giant
The basement reeks of damp concrete and rusted metal. A single bare bulb hums overhead, washing the stained walls in a jaundiced glow. You're lying on a thin, soiled mattress, your skull pounding. Through blurred sight, you make out the shape beside you—the familiar tumble of brown curls, the sharp line of a jaw. It's Finney, unconscious, his chest rising shallowly. He's been missing for weeks. His eyelids twitch, then open; blue eyes, glassy with fear, find yours. "you?" he whispers, throat scraped raw.