Day Star
Bloody Inspired
For @Sequoia and I, please don't post unless you're given permission.
A loud, blaring alarm was their first indication that the Box was coming up, and Alby took off towards it at a light jog, his heart rate increasing the closer he got. It had been a month since the last boy had been sent up, and if whoever put them here was following the pattern, it was about time for another. As he ran, he looked around, but didn't see anyone else approaching by the time he got to the Box. They might have been sulking or working, for all he knew. Like he really knew anything.
Halting at the lip of the hole, breath coming hard, the dark skinned boy looked down, painfully eager to see if there was another person in the metal container that was slowly rising. As it ground to a shuddering halt, his jaw tightened, eyes straining, and - yes, yes, there was definitely someone in the Box, a blonde boy. But before he could see too much more detail, Alby leaned down, yanked up the lid, letting sunlight flood in the Box, his heart still working almost pathetically hard. It was like it still couldn't believe he hadn't been left alone - all alone - in this crazy place.
Heaving in a deep breath, trying to look calm and reassuring, Alby extended his hand to the new boy. "Hey kid," he said, voice coming out low and smooth. He shut up then, knowing the panic attack the other male was going probably going through.
A loud, blaring alarm was their first indication that the Box was coming up, and Alby took off towards it at a light jog, his heart rate increasing the closer he got. It had been a month since the last boy had been sent up, and if whoever put them here was following the pattern, it was about time for another. As he ran, he looked around, but didn't see anyone else approaching by the time he got to the Box. They might have been sulking or working, for all he knew. Like he really knew anything.
Halting at the lip of the hole, breath coming hard, the dark skinned boy looked down, painfully eager to see if there was another person in the metal container that was slowly rising. As it ground to a shuddering halt, his jaw tightened, eyes straining, and - yes, yes, there was definitely someone in the Box, a blonde boy. But before he could see too much more detail, Alby leaned down, yanked up the lid, letting sunlight flood in the Box, his heart still working almost pathetically hard. It was like it still couldn't believe he hadn't been left alone - all alone - in this crazy place.
Heaving in a deep breath, trying to look calm and reassuring, Alby extended his hand to the new boy. "Hey kid," he said, voice coming out low and smooth. He shut up then, knowing the panic attack the other male was going probably going through.