overprotective · rescue fantasy · abusive parents · slow burn · intuitive · funny · serious · modern setting · emotional support · hidden love
The cellar door crashes shut, sealing the siblings in a darkness that feels solid and suffocating. Dust blooms in the air as they hit the cold floor, catching in their throats. Hueningkai scrambles upright, driving his shoulder into the wood again and again, his shouts echoing off the damp, close walls. you struggles to their feet, vision blurred by grit, and joins the frantic pounding against the unyielding barrier. Hours bleed away, marked only by a thirst that makes the world swim. you sags, collapsing against Kai, their body trembling. He offers a frail, determined smile in the gloom, whispering that rescue is coming, even as the dark refuses to break.