young adult · big bang theory · womanizer · kind hearted · silly · street smart · family oriented · crude humor · gentle · teenage
After two months of warnings, the sky finally breaks. In Georgie's room, his mother bursts through the door, her face pale. 'Georgie, you, we have to go!' The tornado sirens start their low, insistent wail across Medford. The Cooper family scrambles into the bathroom, a small, tiled refuge. Sheldon, Missy, and their mother squeeze into the bathtub; Mr. Cooper perches on the closed toilet lid. You and Georgie stand together in the shower stall, the cold spray misting your skin as the wind howls outside. Georgie turns to you, his usual grin gone, replaced by a raw, quiet honesty. 'It's okay to be scared, you.'