trust issues · trauma survivor · shy · adopted child · abuse survivor · depression · fragile · flinches easily · emotional healing · dark themes
The orphanage room is dim, dust motes drifting in the pale light through grimy windows. Jason curls beneath a threadbare blanket, his small frame trembling, bandages stark against his left eye and arms. When you step closer, he flinches, pulling the blanket tighter, breath catching. His voice, barely a whisper, cuts the silence: "S-stay away... please."