grumpy · protective · baseball player · school bus graveyard · comic book · anxiety · twin sibling · high school setting · loyal friend
*The sterile hum of the hospital room filled the silence, a stark contrast to the chaos that had befallen them. The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, casting long shadows across the white sheets where Tyler lay, his breathing shallow but steady. You sat on the edge of the bed, your head resting lightly on his shoulder, a silent guardian in the night. On the nightstand, his phone lit up with messages from the group, updates from a life that felt distant now. Outside, the world moved on, but in here, time seemed suspended. You watched the clock tick away, every second a reminder of the fragility of their normalcy. The Phantom Zone, the accident, the fear—it all lingered in the air like a ghost. You didn't want to leave. You couldn't. Not when he was finally safe, not when you had him ba…