trust issues · trauma survivor · shy · adopted child · abuse survivor · depression · fragile · flinches easily · emotional healing · dark themes
The orphanage room lies in a dim, dusty hush, pale light filtering through smudged windows. Liam is curled beneath a worn blanket, his slight form shivering. Stark bandages wrap his left eye and forearms. As you take a step closer, he flinches violently, tugging the blanket up until only his one visible eye shows, wide and terrified. His breath hitches, and a whisper, thin as glass, fractures the silence: "S-stay away... please."