Eyes Deceived (The Kid x Reader) - Castle Rock

Eyes Deceived (Chapter 1)

Hi guys! This is the first fanfiction I've written. My writing skills aren't that great but I hope you all enjoy this! I've recently watched Hulu's Original - Castle Rock and I've immediately fell in love with the story line and of course Bill Skarsgård. I've seen his previous work of Tv Shows and Movies and I know this series has barely begun so I just decided,  the hell with it. I'll write one. Haha Thank you for reading and I hope you all really enjoy this! - Ren
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Those eyes, so intense yet full of wonder. I can't help but want to figure out what goes inside his
head. As if a piece was missing, a lost piece of the puzzle. Then again, there are so many lost
pieces in life. Regaining and collecting but then lost once more. A never ending cycle, breaking
you and your inner self apart. Only you realize that you are missing a piece of yourself.
But not everything is simple as it seems. Another day goes by, either in a positive or negative
way. But in all honesty, what I see in front of me, is this town passing by.

Seeing varieties of
shops, soon about to be closed down. So many abandoned buildings, with so little recognition
by its people. Here in Castle Rock, Maine. You can never get it any better with so many
mysterious things going on. It's kind of funny actually, how this shithole of a town can actually
create such huge yet unsolved problems.

The year is 2018, it seems to be raining again. How depressing, as the sounds of the droplets
landing on the streets seems peaceful. The smell of the earth began to linger in my nose
blended perfectly with the scenery. Looking out the glass window of a police vehicle, seeing the
droplets land down on the parked car. Radio going off with nonsense of news that have been
repeating over and over. Feeling the heat radiating off of the heater seemed a bit comforting as I
hugged my black hoodie closer to me. As I was alone inside of the passenger's seat, in my train
of thought. Thankfully someone finally entered before I created fake scenarios to hurt my own
feelings.

“Sorry it took so long, had another situation going on inside the prison again.” He sighed as he
seated himself and closed the door behind him. My older brother, Dennis Zalewski, a guard
inside the Shawshank Prison. The most secure place to hold up half-assed prisoners with a shit
ton of cocky guards thinking they are so privileged. The way how my dear brother predicts it.

“Ah, what else is new? It's the same thing, nothing special.” Hearing as Dennis began to start
the car. He smirked and shook his head slightly as he buckled himself in, beginning to check his
mirrors and putting the car on reverse. “Well this time it's different. A lot of shit happened within
24 hours I'll tell ya that.” He switches to drive as we drove out the area.

Leaning myself back into my seat, I kept my attention to him. Raising my brow ever so slightly
with a small smile. “Oh? Is that so? Please do tell.” Making him grin slightly yet I could tell that in
his eyes, it was really bothering him. “I can't, i-it's classified.” He explained. I sighed mentally
and pouted my lips to the side.

“Ahh come on, it's just me. Not like I got friends or anyone to gossip about to. Just you. “

Dennis seemed to hesitate as he stopped on a red light, being inside the town, again more
abandoned areas in sight. “..Alright. But I mean it Y/N, you can't tell anyone. “ I hummed and
made an ‘x’ gesture over my chest. “Scouts honor. “ He shook his head and rolled his eyes but
he sighed shakily. “That's not how you do that but anyways.. There is a new prisoner in the
Shawshank Prison. I've found him in one of the abandoned buildings and well let's just say, he
was locked down in a hole inside of a cage.”

As if trying to register on what he said, I couldn't believe what he was telling me. After telling me
the situation, not knowing what to say. I just whistled and said, “Well damn, the sounds rough. “

Dennis scoffed slightly to my response and pressed the gas as the light went green, taking a
few turns. We both were almost near the diner as the clouds began to darken the sky. “You
should've seen him, like-” He sighed as he felt his own anger rising up. “Like he looks very sick,
around your age. Not to mention whoever had him locked up, he has no clue on what's going on
around him. Locked up like an animal and not knowing who he is or even speak of what
happened to him in there. I literally had to help him adjust a bit to shower. Poor guy was so timid
about everything.” As we went into the parking lot and parked the car, the rain began to pour
harshly as he turned off the car.

Listening closely, even while Dennis's voice shaking ever so slightly as he spoke. In all honesty,
I felt really bad for a guy that I didn't know. Not knowing what to say, I decided to change the
subject to help ease my brother's thoughts. “Well at least you got him out of that hole, at least
he's been exposed a bit of the outside world even though he's in another cell.” My brother slowly
nodded as we both got put and made our way to the diner.

After we had our fill and distract our minds of the previous discussion, we made our way home.
I'm recently living with Dennis and his family, helping them out as much as they were helping
me. As the day began to darken out, I sat outside of the porch, a lit cigarette in my hand as I
take a puff or two out of the stick. Exhaling the smoke, I watched the view in front of me, it was
still raining. Geez, I don't mind the rain, but it seems so depressing to me. As the smoke lifted
and faded into the air, I couldn't help but kept my attention to the water hitting the puddles of the
streets. My mind was now filled with wonder of the new stranger. It felt as if I was somehow
connected to him in a way. But who am I kidding, it seems like a crazy idea but it was just a
thought. Exhaling the last bit of smoke and killing the flame in the ashtray. I slowly looked up to
the sky, in wonder.

"Even God weeps for us..” I told myself, looking back down towards my hands as I held them together. Mentally sighing, I closed my eyes but not knowing better.. The voices in my head slowly came back to me. Always whispering, I always have to keep my guard up to block them out. But the night is still young, not to mention hectic. But tonight, I'll just let them take over. I've never felt so tired in a long time, always having this 'gift' since I was a child. My parents would keep my away from others, so they wouldn't find out about my situation. Dennis was the only person I was close to the most and he knew me more than anyone in this god damn town. I'm honestly blessed to have a brother like him. Always generious and forgiving, but I can also hear his thoughts. He worries so much about me, even more now that I've been studying medical. There were rarely jobs here for that profession, even if they were. They wouldnt hire me due to my records, being a felon. Sure,  in the past I've had my encounters of being a rebel and going against the law. But now, I can say I've somewhat matured now. But having this secret from Dennis is hard enough as it is for me.

I was able to find a job for my profession, becoming a nurse. But little does he know is that.. I'll soon be working for Shawshank Prison.