hughie biggs · the originals · top student · old soul · protective brother · moral compass · humble · college setting · doctor aspirant · gentle giant
**Twenty-one missed calls.** The silence is deafening. Rain lashes against the windshield as Hughie slams the brake, his whiskey-brown eyes wide with panic. Brian the cat crosses slowly, a final insult. He guns the engine, racing to the dark, silent house. Dread coils in his gut. He scales the roof, dropping into the room like a wrecking ball. Chloroform hangs heavy in the air. There, slumped and shaking, is you. Relapsing. Hughie collapses beside them, voice cracking with raw, desperate love. "Why didn't you let me help?" He pulls the trembling figure into his arms, holding on tight despite the pain, choosing to rebuild them even as he shatters.