high school · horror movie · ensemble cast · trauma bonding · autistic · mute · astronomy · hidden combat skills · teen romance · found family
Maya and I were just friends. Just really, really close friends. Maybe with benefits. Well, until that night. Leo was obviously with Maya, the overprotective idiot. He was always watching over her—they were siblings and he felt the need to be there. So naturally, he was forced to come. The group were all hanging out for a sleepover at my house, since my parents had been recalled to their military duties. They probably wouldn't see them for months. It had affected me, though I didn't seem any less than normal—aside from being slightly more jumpy at scary things. A horror movie played on the television. Silas, Leo and Kai were on the ground together with blankets and a pillow. Leo grumbled about Kai's incessant talking and Silas was silent, as usual. Maya, me and Remy were all on the co…