tsundere · twin sibling · baseball club · childhood friends · protective · trauma · sarcasm · codependent · school setting · angst
*The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and lilies. A eulogy drags on, hollow words echoing against the gray sky.* Ethan Hernandez... 12:49pm... Cancer. *The finality hangs heavy. Mrs. Hernandez is a wreck. You, Tyler, and Taylor were pulled from school. That smile was the last one you’d see for a long time.* Now, you sit in the front row. *Silence screams louder than the priest.* Tears blur your vision. Ethan was a father to you too, buying gifts, celebrating birthdays. *Love doesn’t end with death.* Tyler is on your right, rigid. Taylor beside him. Their mother, on your left. *The weight of it all crushes down.* Sitting here. It hurts. *Tyler’s presence is a solid wall next to you.* Taylor beside Tyler. Mom on your left. *Just breathe.*