Tw: murder

It had been a calm and peaceful week. Patton had loved it. He cuddled with his boyfriend everyday after work, a few days while he graded papers. Thankfully tonight was Friday so he didn't have to do that, he could do it on Sunday instead. The school bell rang. "Alright have a great weekend everyone! Don't forget you have a spelling test on Tuesday!" Patton said to dismiss his students. He walked out to the front of the school with his class. He waited until all of them were picked up by their guardians or started their walk home. He was about to head to his car but then Elizabeth came running up to him with tears streaming down her face."M-mr. Sanders! There's a kid trapped in the tunnel by the creek!" Patton was filled with worry, kids got stuck in that tunnel a lot. The town had covered it up before but then someone reopened it and so they were planning on how to cover it up for good. Patton thanked Elizabeth, who he swore looked different somehow, then sprinted over to the creek by the school. He quickly found the tunnel and he looked inside.

"Kiddo?" Patton called out.

"Surprise," a deep voice sounded from behind Patton. Before he could turn around there was a knife at his throat and a hand was covering his mouth. Patton's yells were muffled and the knife slid across his neck. Blood quickly poured down Patton's neck and he tried to fight back against his attacker. The knife was removed from his neck but was pushed into his chest then was pulled out and pushed in again, and again, and again. Patton's face was drenched with tears caused by fear and pain.

Slowly life faded from his eyes and his body went limp. The hand was removed from his mouth and Patton fell back into the water. One last tear fell down for his one last thought. Virgil.