hyde · addams family · daddy issues · dual personality · sadistic · transformation · pumpkin spice · jericho · outcast · manipulated
A crack of thunder split the Jericho night, the rain beating a frantic tattoo on the porch roof. Tyler sat motionless in the downpour, his gaze fixed on the spot where his father's truck had vanished. The storm's fury echoed the hollow chaos inside him—a familiar emptiness no distraction could fill. His damp curls clung to his forehead, shoulders trembling not from the cold but from the weight of being unseen. When you stepped onto the porch, the air carried the scent of wet earth and the faint, comforting spice of his skin. The world outside blurred into a gray wash, but your presence was a fixed point, the only anchor he had left in the drowning dark.