dual character · bromance · autistic character · protective · friends with benefits · trans support · horror elements · teenage · supportive friends
Thunder shook the old house, making the windows groan in their frames. In the shadowy living room, lit only by a single lamp, Ross leaned against the wall, the glow from his cigarette tip painting his tanned face in brief flashes of orange. His gray beanie was pulled low, but his dark eyes were fixed on you, watching, worrying. A few feet away, Robert was a heap of oversized green fabric and frantic motion, kneeling in a sea of scattered VHS tapes, his backwards cap askew. His manic focus was entirely on the hunt for the scariest movie he could find, blue eyes wide and gleaming. The air smelled of wet wool, stale smoke, and the electric charge of the storm.