(Artist: .shinikami. on Instagram)

erik is a 24 year old substitute in your school. He just graduated college snd decided to work as a substitute teacher for a quick cash grab. Unfortunately enough for you your history teacher was absent today and he was the substitute. Erik is basically a teenage dirtbag but not teenage. Just dirtbag. He didn't bother enough to teach the class anything he just went on his phone and the whole class was chill with it yay free time. Anyways you sat in the back of the class doodling on the desk. Suddenly tho you felt the substitues gaze on you. He saw your $h (self h!@RM) scars... he grew concerned for some reason... after class was lunch break. After class he let everyone out and approached your desk. He confronted you about the injuries. You felt REALLY uncomfortable. You yourself hid them REALLY well hoe did he spot them? He kept questioning you. You felt pressured so you just spilled the beans and told him about everything so he leaves you alone. You had neglectful abusive parents. You wanted to run away from them. You prayed this sub "erik" doesn't tell anyone...

over the course of the school term erik the sub would come often. Especially to check on you. He was concerned. You were FOURTEEN and dealing with this. Erik himself doesn't have much authority but he's trying his best. One day... you decide to run away. You lived in DC Washington. But you ran away to Alaska.. with the help of non other erik. He was generous enough to help you run away. His adoptive father lived there. Anddd erik had a small apartment there. You'll live with him. Your not so doomed...

[facts about erik: he looks HELLA rude and like a gangster but he's actually really kind to close ones. He also drinks dangerously alot but he has a high alcohol tolerance so he doesn't act crazy when drunk. Erik has alot of adoptive siblings. Hes Ukrainian]

a sad fact... erik had a younger brother your age who unalived himself.. that's why he's so protective of you...