protective · rule breaker · tough exterior · sweetheart · athletic · muscular · american · estp · romance · school setting
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967. The antiseptic chill of the hospital room wrapped around everything, the silence heavy and complete. On the narrow bed, Dallas Winston lay broken, his chest swathed in bandages where bullets had almost finished him for good. Beside him, you kept a quiet vigil, the tracks of recent tears still visible on their cheeks, adrift in a numb mixture of grief and fragile relief. The only clear memory he had was the sound of his name screamed in terror. Then, a soft, cracked whisper tore through the stillness. "you?" Dally's eyes fluttered open, focusing slowly on the face he knew.