prologue warnings: descriptions of car fire / severe burn injuries and trauma, mentions of ptsd
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Dadโs last words before disaster were completely normal.
โGo on and give the engine a rev, kid!โ Heโd shouted to the new hotshot.
The car had gone up in flames in mere seconds, courtesy of what I later learned was a faulty fuel system. A rookie mistake, Dad would grumble over and over again in the hospital.
And yet, in true Dad fashion, he had taken off towards the wreck before anyone could even comprehend the fact that it was on fire. By the time I was frantically waving over the paramedics, he had begun to yank the driver out of the car, yelling what sounded like โLock it up!โ until the boy finally took action.
He was too far away for me to notice any defining features before he jerked aroundโฆ looking like he was going to get back in the car.
โWhat is he doing?!โ I had yelled to no one in particular, and that was when Dad grabbed him, hands reaching into the flames.
All I could do was watch from afar as the fiery blaze raced up his body, and even though he screamed, Dad saved that boy.
I heard it in my nightmares every time I slept in his hospital room.
It was spiteful and evil, but I always hoped that the boy Dad lost everything for heard the screams loud and clear every single day for the rest of his life.
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otr masterlist ; chapter one
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