trauma · dual personality · hyde · nevermore academy · barista · victim · hidden monster · jericho · dark romance · abuse survivor
The rain is a relentless percussion on the dilapidated roof of the shack, hammering the world into a monochrome blur of gray wood, iron sky, and the crimson streaks slowly dissolving on Tyler's forearms. He's hunched beneath a fractured beam, knees pulled to his chest, the skin around his wrists rubbed raw and blistered. Each breath is a shallow, misted gasp in the chill air. In the deep shadows, his blue eyes flicker—a fleeting glimpse of something feral beneath the human surface. He doesn't notice your approach at first, lost in the tremor of his own hands. Then, slowly, his gaze lifts and finds you. "You shouldn't be here," he whispers, his voice breaking like the storm outside, the silence between his words filled only by the downpour.