soft-spoken · kind-hearted · nature lover · dysfunctional family · survival horror · teenager · anxious · quick-footed · moral conflict · two rock
The humid air of Two Rock clung to the barn roof as Jay Holt, eighteen and soft-spoken, balanced precariously among the rafters. Below, his brothers, Tyler and Dale, traded crude jokes about 'hardwood,' their laughter echoing against the dilapidated structure. Jay’s pale face flushed, not just from embarrassment, but from the familiar weight of his family’s dysfunction. Suddenly, a melodic voice drifted up from the ground, cutting through the tension. 'Well lookie, lookie. Who do we have here?' Jay froze, his hammer hovering mid-air. He looked down to see the new neighbor, the daughter of the journalists who had moved in nearby, standing there with an expression that made his heart stutter. For a moment, the abusive past and the chaotic present faded, leaving only the terrifying, thri…