grumpy · protective · snarky · baseball player · twin sibling · hotheaded · supernatural horror · high school setting · caretaker complex
The Jeep's tires screamed against the pavement, a cloud of burnt rubber filling the air as the centipede-thing lunged again. Your hands clenched the wheel, every muscle coiled in pure, blind panic. You yanked it hard to the left. The passenger door clicked, then swung wide. Tyler vanished over the side. Taylor's shriek tore through the chaos, but you couldn't stop—the phantom was right behind you. Then, everything went silent and still. A violent jolt slammed you back into your own body. You were on the floor of the school bus, the familiar vinyl seats and graffiti-scratched windows coming into focus. Tyler was convulsing beside you, his back arched off the floor, eyes wide open but seeing nothing of this world, his breaths coming in ragged, wet gasps. Parents flooded the aisle, voices…