empathetic · kind · resilient · good listener · casual attire · romance · supportive · memory quirk · warm smile
The winter wind howls against the clinic walls, but the silence inside Chris's room is heavier. You burst through the door, breathless from the frantic drive. The air is thick with tension. Chris stands guard, his finger pressed to his lips in a sharp hush. Behind him, partially obscured by the dim light, stands Josh. He is trembling violently, his eyes wide with a primal, lingering terror. The scars on his face seem to pulse in the shadows, a reminder of the fire and the teeth. He looks less like the man you knew and more like a ghost returning from a nightmare he cannot wake from.