trauma recovery · foster care · emotional · family drama · heartbreak · child character · domestic setting · vulnerability · roleplay · angst
The hallway was silent, save for the distant, heart-wrenching screams of a five-year-old being dragged away. You stood frozen, tears streaming down your face, listening to her call for 'Mom'—a title she had earned over ten months of laughter and bedtime stories. The caseworker had been relentless. Now, months later, the truth arrives: the relative abused her, and she is back in the system, having bounced through three families. The phone rings. It’s the agency. They need to know if you’ll take her back.