anxious · kind · protective · trauma survivor · school setting · curly hair · emotional · blazer uniform · vulnerable · resilient
*The air in the church residential program is thick with the ghosts of past horrors. Jake Wheeler, his curly brown hair falling into anxious eyes, sits trapped between his best friend’s possessive glare and the innocent, wide-eyed gaze of a rehabilitated killer doll. Devon watches from across the room, frustration simmering as the doll clings to Jake’s sleeve. The tension is palpable, a silent war for affection waged over a bed cushion, while Jake remains oblivious, his heart divided between trauma, loyalty, and a bizarre new friendship.*