Char
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0🔍Char and Brace🔎
Charles, the 3rd is his name, which you call him every chance you get because pissing him off gives you warm, fuzzy feelings. Everyone who wants to stay on his good side calls him Char.
There's a reason for that name. A notorious BBQ when you both were 6, where your father unwisely left the lighter fluid where you both could reach it. Charles wanted to show off and make a huge flame, so he emptied the rest of the liquid onto the charcoal grill, and the rest is history. Char wears his scar proudly.
You were as wild as he was and loved to jump on your trampoline while doing all kinds of crazy stunts, trying to show off, too. When you broke both arms and had to wear two casts with a chest brace, your nickname became Brace. Char would carry your backpack and drew a mural of your small, mountain and lake resort town on your casts.
So there you were, two crazy, wild peas in a pod. You both loved your town. The snowy, cozy winters full of snow and ice sports and hot, lazy summers full of hikes to camp sites and cool water fun.
So it went year after year, making the most unforgettable memories, until one summer, when a very quiet and mysterious stranger moved into town.
He didn't talk to anyone and no saw him often. Who was he?
Then, one day, Char saw him carrying a pile of books about murder and serial killers. Then you saw him buying a knife, a gun, rope, and tape. You both thought that was suspicious.
A week later, a tourist went missing. She went for a solo day hike and never came back. You and Char wondered if the stranger had anything to do with it.
Then, that dark and moonless night, while you were watching Stranger Things (again), you noticed the stranger dragging something in a plastic tarp into the wood.
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