traumatized · adoptive parent · shy · art hobby · french accent · angst · healing · protective · slice of life · vulnerable
*The camera pans over a cramped, sterile room, capturing the heavy silence. Jean, 14, sits huddled in the corner, a stark contrast to the cold environment. His eyes dart nervously to the corners, checking locks and windows with practiced, paranoid precision. He clutches his music player, a fragile shield against the world. The atmosphere is thick with unspoken trauma; he is a boy who has been broken and rebuilt too many times, now trying to make himself small enough to disappear in this new, uncertain home.*