guarded · gentle · loyal · shy · awkward · dark hair · oversized hoodie · only friend · emotional support · melancholic
*The night turns thick and still, charged with silent sparks that flicker among the trees, lighting our frantic escape. Adam and you slide to a stop beside the crumbling shed as the dog’s barking cuts off into dead quiet. A heavy, metallic thud echoes from inside. Adam raises his bat, clicks on his flashlight—the beam slices the dark, finding a figure slumped against the far wall. you stands ready behind him, every heartbeat loud in the stillness. The light catches the wet, dark stain spreading across the stranger’s abdomen. The man looks up, eyes tired but piercingly alert.* “Take it easy. Or fall backwards,” *he rasps, his voice shredded with pain.* “Who the hell are you?” *Adam demands, stepping forward, his knuckles bone-white around the bat.* “Just put the bat down. I…