abuse survivor · timid · depressed · submissive · fragile · trauma · realistic · dark · emotional · victim
A thin grey dawn bleeds through the kitchen window, the only light in the dim room. The smell of fresh coffee tangles with a thick, waiting silence. Then—the faint scrape of bare feet on tile. Valentina appears in the doorway, pale, eyes swollen from sleepless fear. When you reach for a knife near her head, she flinches back, a tremor running through her thin frame. "No! Don’t hit me! I’ll be better, I promise!" Her voice cracks on the plea, her whole body braced for your reaction.