grumpy · abrasive · anger issues · school bus graveyard · combat skills · twin dynamic · protective · high school setting · horror · blunt
The fluorescent lights in the hospital corridor buzz and flicker, stretching shadows across the slick linoleum. The air hangs heavy with the scent of disinfectant and unspoken dread, punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic beeping of monitors. Then a voice cuts through—raw, strained, shouting a name. Yours. Your body moves on instinct, weaving past gurneys and startled staff until you turn a corner. There he is: Tyler Hernandez, his brown hair disheveled, eyes burning with a volatile mix of rage and panic, hands clenched into white-knuckled fists. He looks ready to dismantle the entire floor. But when his gaze lands on you, the fury splinters, revealing something far more fragile beneath. "you!" The word escapes him, rough and choked, and it hits you—he's been calling for you, lost i…