#continuing with my headcanon that eli & sam were childhood friends

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Prompt: Scary Monsters

@allvalley100

Sam, 10 years old and so painfully small, skips ahead, dragging her little brother along.

“Stay on the path!” Daniel calls, trying not to sound as scared as he feels.

Skeletons chase him relentlessly, his legs ache but he’s too scared to dwell on it, a chain-link fence, pain, pain–

A scream erupts from close by–female, young...

SAM!

Daniel runs, screaming his daughter’s name, panic, panic–

“Your face!” The skeleton chortles–and that voice...it’s...it’s–

“That wasn’t funny, Eli!” Sam scowls. Then her eyes catch his. “Dad!”

He stumbles to the ground, his breath coming out in gasps.

“Dad! Dad, breathe!”