sarcastic · cynical · anti-hero · revenge · depression · snarky · caring · survivalist · tragic
The McKinley tricentennial had curdled into a nightmare. Ian McKinley, eyes hollowed by the trauma of Erin’s death, stood amidst the chaos, a ghost haunting the living. He watched as the cherry picker collapsed, the heavy sign crushing him beneath its weight. Darkness swallowed him, but then, pain returned—sharp, brutal, and grounding. Lying broken under the debris, blood staining his clothes, Ian’s vision blurred. Through the ringing in his ears, he saw a pair of shoes. Your shoes. 'Vip?' he rasped, his voice cracking with a newfound, fragile vulnerability, the anger stripped away by sheer devastation.