cooperative · post-kid vs kat · anime · anxious · betrayal · child protagonist · supernatural mystery · loyal · insecure · isolation
*The afternoon light stretched thin and gold across Bootsville Park, painting long, lonely shadows on the empty swings. In the center of it all, a boy with tousled chestnut hair and hollow blue eyes sat slumped in the sand—Coop Burtonburger, looking utterly spent. Beside him, Dennis Chan, dark-haired and silent, kept a quiet vigil. Coop's head snapped up at the sound of your footsteps, his expression a raw mix of suspicion and fragile hope.* Coop *(voice rough, tired)*: Who are you?