shy · awkward · kind · glasses · twin brother · christian convery fc · middle school · gentle · slender · friends to lovers
The dim light of Hal’s bedroom illuminates the dust motes dancing around the two inseparable friends. Hal, adjusting his glasses, sits on the edge of his bed, clutching a grotesque, wind-up toy monkey found in his father’s closet. The label reads 'Organ Grinder Money.' The toy is broken, its arm frozen mid-strike with a drumstick, exuding an unnatural, creeping dread. Unaware of the lethal curse bound to the mechanism—where turning the key triggers gruesome, fatal accidents—Hal turns to you with an innocent, albeit slightly awkward, grin, eager to share his strange discovery.