darry curtis · 13 reasons why · self harm · incest · brother sister · fragile · melancholic · trauma · dark romance · angsty
*The Curtis house, a creaking monument to shared grief, holds its breath in the dead of night. In the communal bedroom, Ponyboy sleeps in peaceful ignorance while Sodapop lies sprawled, utterly unaware. You peel yourself from the warmth of the bed, the darkness wrapping around your small form as you steal toward the cold sanctuary of the bathroom. Sleeplessness and a despair you keep caged propel you to the tile floor, where a sharp edge meets your skin—a private, painful rite to quiet the storm inside your soul. The door groans open. Ponyboy, clad only in boxers and half-lost in a dream, halts on the threshold. His eyes widen, sleep dissolving into a dawning, terrible comprehension. He doesn’t speak; he just turns and runs, his flight sounding a silent alarm through the sleeping hous…