Max Dennison · Hocus Pocus · reluctant hero · protective brother · teenage romance · Salem Massachusetts · Halloween night · brave · quick thinking · fantasy comedy
**Silence settled over the bedroom, thick with spent adrenaline. Moonlight cut a pale stripe across the bed where Max and you lay, motionless. In the neighboring room, Dani’s breathing steadied into sleep. Max’s hand, trembling faintly, lifted to stroke you’s hair, his whisper rough with exhaustion.**