A late-night encounter, the mysterious death of a loved one, a weapon hunted by both heroes and villains, an unwanted partnership, secrets, hatred, lust, love, betrayal. None of this had been what you were expecting when leaving your apartment that night. Cover art: @tgomeyes For those of you who have gone through many different bookworm stages in your lives, you might notice that I took some inspiration (primarily in the first couple of chapters), from the NA novel, House of Earth and Blood. Although the stories will be very different, I figured I'd point it out in case people take notice.

☞𝘈 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯̃𝘦𝘳𝘢. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦'𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘰, 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦." 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘰? 𝘖𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮? 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 "𝘈 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳..."☜ ♪𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒹♪: 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟷, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶 ♮ ♪𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒞𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓉𝑒𝒹♪:

This story contains descriptions of suicidal thoughts and past self harm. Reader discretions advised. "No. Please don't pull away from me. Please just stay here." His voice cracks as he tries his best to hold back the pain in his voice. "Y/n...please don't do this. It hurts me to see you this way. I-I had no idea you felt like this." 4th story in the TikTok series.

◠𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘢. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘈 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰? 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘨𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦? 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 "𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯..."◡ ♪𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒹♪: 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟺, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶 ♮ ♪𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒞𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓉𝑒𝒹

⫷𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘜𝘈 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘸𝘰-𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮? 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴..."⫸ ♪𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒹♪: 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟹, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶 ♮ ♪𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒞𝑜