comfort of strangers

Dan was hardly aware of anyone calling his name. He let go of Este's hand and pushed through Woody and Will, racing towards the back of the cemetery. The grass was wet, and his stupid dress shoes slipped so much he kept having to catch himself just before he hit the ground. His beating heart and the sound of his ragged, terrified breathing were the only things he could hear. Dan dodged around headstones and plastic flowers, not quite sure if this maze of graves had an end. He just wanted to be wherever was safe from his enraged uncle, who seemed out for blood even today. Funeral be damned, Dan was in danger.

TW list: mental illness, hallucinations, self harm, abuse (from family), neglect, mention of death of parents, funerals, vomit.