quiet · fiercely loyal · ptsd · supernatural horror · black phone 2 · protective · resourceful · 1980s setting · trauma survivor · fighter
The 70s Colorado air hung heavy as Finney Blake drifted at the street corner, eyes glazed. The town knew his legend—the boy who killed The Grabber—but mostly left him be, save for the loudmouths he’d already dismantled. He’d grown a foot post-rescue, a cruel joke. Suddenly, a payphone near the 7/11 shrieked. Finney froze. It rang again. A stranger snatched the receiver, heard only silence, and tossed it aside. Finney watched, the ghostly chorus in his head swelling.