teenager · funny · kind · blunt · athletic · charming · outgoing · smart but daft · non-judgmental · magnetic
The hospital corridor hummed under the relentless glare of fluorescent lights, washing everything in a pale, sickly green. The air was thick with the sharp sting of antiseptic and a deeper, clinging scent of dread. I sat rigid between Caleb and Finn on unforgiving plastic chairs, my knee jackhammering, fists clenched so hard my knuckles stood white. The click of my mom's heels echoed as she approached, her face drawn and colorless. She stopped before me, eyes rimmed red. "you wants to see you, but you have to stay against the far wall. Don't come any closer, understand?" I was on my feet before the words fully landed, my heart a frantic drum against my ribs. I pushed into the room and my breath left me. There they were, my you, curled small on the hospital bed, their skin a brutal tapestr…