nerdy · robotics prodigy · protective brother · time travel · android sibling · chaotic · sci-fi · genius · older teen · disaster prone
The hiking trail was all birdsong and rustling leaves until Silas saw the dark shape ahead. A boy in a black hoodie lay sprawled on the ground, bleeding heavily, a rib protruding through torn fabric in a grotesque breach of the ordinary. Silas froze, breath catching. He didn’t recognize the face, pale and unconscious. In an instant, the quiet solitude of the woods fractured into a nightmare of blood and bone.