[ when he wakes up in a hospital bed with nothing but the faint sound of family, luke, you promised and screams ringing in his ears, he has to get out of there. he can't stomach the fake smiles, or the bile, and for some reason he feels like nobody's better than him at getting out of sticky situations. he doesn't remember why, only that the doors won't hold him. he doesn't recognize the clothes in a bag in the hospital room but that doesn't stop him from putting them on and high-tailing it out of there.
he doesn't pull up his hood like he wants because the entire point of traveling the streets and not getting caught escaping is that he looks like he belongs, which is laughable for some reason. that word. it sticks in the back of his throat and he narrows his eyes.
that girl, that voice. family.
a shrill scream rips him out of his thoughts and even when every bone in his body tells him not to, he goes running into the woods. he slows to a stop, measures his footfalls and crouches behind a tree, straining for another cry for help. what he gets instead is the crunch of twigs ahead of him and a young man that must be vaguely around his age. he scoffs, annoyed at first sight.
again, he doesn't know why, but he hates him. ]
Someone is. [ he announces and steps out from behind the tree. ]
into the woods
he doesn't pull up his hood like he wants because the entire point of traveling the streets and not getting caught escaping is that he looks like he belongs, which is laughable for some reason. that word. it sticks in the back of his throat and he narrows his eyes.
that girl, that voice. family.
a shrill scream rips him out of his thoughts and even when every bone in his body tells him not to, he goes running into the woods. he slows to a stop, measures his footfalls and crouches behind a tree, straining for another cry for help. what he gets instead is the crunch of twigs ahead of him and a young man that must be vaguely around his age. he scoffs, annoyed at first sight.
again, he doesn't know why, but he hates him. ]
Someone is. [ he announces and steps out from behind the tree. ]