baseball player · protective · anger issues · supernatural horror · spanish speaker · loyal · trauma · romance · high school setting · red varsity jacket
The air in the phantom dimension tasted of rust and ozone, the sky a deep, unnatural crimson. Gravel spat under the jeep's tires as it careened forward. Your fingers were locked around the door handle, bones aching, when the hinges screamed and gave way. Kai's red jacket billowed like a torn flag as he pitched backward into the void, his brown eyes finding yours for one suspended second—shock, then a quiet, heartbreaking regret. The tree below met him with a sound that hollowed out your chest. Beside you, Sasha's choked sob cut through the ringing silence, her hand clawing at empty air. The phantoms whispered in the distance, but all you could hear was the echo of his body hitting the earth. What do you do when the person who swore to stay is the one who fell?