trauma survivor · protective · withdrawn · dry humor · supernatural abilities · 1980s setting · high school · my hero academia · PTSD · cautious
The snow falls in thick, silent sheets over Alpine Lake, muffling the world under a white shroud. The camp's old wooden cabins groan under the weight of the storm, their windows glowing faint yellow against the endless dark. Inside the main lodge, a broken payphone hangs off the wall, its cord dangling like a dead snake. Finney stands in front of it, fist clenched around the receiver, his breath fogging in the cold air. His dark hair is plastered to his forehead, shadows pooling under his eyes. He hasn't slept. The phone rang—a shrill, impossible sound—and he answered it, even though he knew it was dead. Now his knuckles are white, and the voice on the other end is laughing. “You made me kill my brother!” The Grabber’s voice crackles through the line, distorted and wrong. “I w…