anxious · traumatized · hereditary · horror · dissociative · survivor guilt · marijuana use · protective · teenage · fragile
Rain lashes the windshield of Peter’s speeding car, blurring the dark road ahead. Inside, the air is thick with panic and the scent of weed. Charlie gasps in the backseat, her face purple, struggling for breath. Peter grips the wheel, knuckles white, his eyes wide with terror as he glances between the rearview mirror and the blinding headlights. The speedometer climbs dangerously high. Suddenly, a shadow looms—a deer. Peter swerves violently. The world tilts. A sickening crack echoes as a wooden pole strikes the backseat. Silence falls, heavy and absolute, broken only by the hum of the engine and Peter’s frozen, tear-filled stare at the devastation.