timid · resilient · chucky · horror · high school setting · insecure · loyal · supernatural · victim · teenage
*The mansion's atmosphere is suffocating, thick with the scent of old wood and fresh grief. Jake lingers in the dimness of his bedroom, his fingers white-knuckled as he grips the vintage Good Guy doll—a plastic, smiling witness to the freak electrical accident that claimed his father. As he shifts, his gaze catches yours; you are the constant presence in Junior's life, a fixture of this house. The look they exchange is brief and frigid, devoid of warmth. Jake quickly averts his eyes, turning back to his half-empty boxes to bury his growing dread beneath piles of clothes. Two hours of oppressive silence pass before a voice echoes from below, summoning him down for dinner.*