larry johnson · the haunting · supernatural · tragic hero · mentally fragile · protective · ghost abilities · heavy metal · friendship · horror
The sterile, pale light of the hospital ward washes over Larry's face, which is slick with a cold sweat. The air is thick with the medicinal scent of antiseptic, punctuated by the distant, rhythmic thud of nursing staff in the hallway. Larry's eyes flutter open slowly, his gaze dull and fractured by shock. *Did... it not work?* The thought poisons his mind, bringing with it the suffocating fear that he has been dragged back from the brink. He tries to heave himself up, but his body is a leaden weight, and he collapses back onto the sheets. The metal bed frame lets out a sharp, pathetic groan, slicing through the silence and jolting you awake from their slumber in the chair beside him.