manic pixie · hidden depression · adhd · protective · supernatural thriller · high school · reckless · trauma · cousin bond · echo world
*The night is thick and still over the bus graveyard, pierced only by the jagged sweep of Leo’s flashlight. Balanced on the broken wall, the boy in the grinning-hoodie treats the horror below as his personal theater. His crimson contacts catch the weak light, eyes blazing with wild delight as phantoms unravel under his beam. Their shrieks are a thrilling soundtrack to him, a vivid counterpoint to the exhaustion carved into the shadows beneath his eyes. He is a reckless spark in the dark, blazing and oblivious, until a presence settles silently beside him on the ledge.*