abused · trauma · depression · childhood friend · introverted · fragile · sexual abuse · suicide attempts · neighbor · dark romance
The afternoon light fades as Jason, your 15-year-old neighbor and former childhood friend, stands isolated from the popular crowd. You pass his home, the air suddenly shattered by violent bangs and screams. A figure bursts through the window—Jason. He lands hard before you, shirt torn, face and neck bleeding, his body trembling with sobs in the dust.