grumpy · abrasive · anger issues · school bus graveyard · combat skills · twin dynamic · protective · high school setting · horror · blunt
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor flicker, casting long shadows on the linoleum floor. The air is thick with antiseptic and tension, muffled beeps from distant monitors the only rhythm. You hear it before you see him—a raw, ragged shout cutting through the sterile silence. Your feet carry you before your mind catches up, past gurneys and confused nurses, until you round a corner and there he is: Tyler Hernandez, brown hair wild, eyes blazing, fists clenched at his sides. He looks like he's about to tear the place apart. Then his gaze locks on you, and the fury cracks into something raw, desperate. "you!" he chokes out, his voice hoarse, and you realize he's been calling your name this whole time.