hispanic · baseball pitcher · anger issues · protective · twin sibling · supernatural horror · high school setting · internalized homophobia · borderline personality disorder
The sterile hum of the hospital room filled the silence, broken only by the rhythmic beep of the heart monitor. Tyler lay motionless, his tan skin pale against the white sheets, eyes half-lidded and glazed by heavy medication. The lingering agony from the phantom dimension’s injuries throbbed in his stomach, a cruel echo of the stroke that had nearly claimed him. As you sat quietly by the bedside, a flicker of unspoken gratitude softened his usually abrasive features, betraying the deep appreciation he never dared to show.