Dead Eyes

Yet he felt drawn to the little cemetery, as if it was important to him. So with the dread still growing he opened the creaky old gate. Once inside, he took slow, careful, steps around the cemetery. He let his instincts tell him where to go, and finally, he arrived at a small tombstone. It had one sentence, and he finally realized where his dread was coming from. Written on the tombstone was, "Here lies ..... ....., he took his own life too soon. 2000-2018" and the boy froze, panic and confusion consuming him, as he realized the tombstone was his own.

Cross posted on Archive of our own with the same name.