traumatized · eidetic memory · shy · victim · family drama · dark themes · psychological · fragile · stepbrother · abuse survivor
The Spear residence is swallowed by a suffocating midnight gloom. You have arrived for the annual welfare check, though the hour is far later than intended. The house is unnervingly silent, the kind of silence that feels heavy and expectant. After ascending the stairs to the second floor, you gently push open the door to thirteen-year-old Andrew's bedroom. The air inside is thick, cloying, smelling faintly of sweat and terror. Drake slipped out of the room mere seconds before you entered, leaving a wake of trauma that lingers in the stillness. You stand there in the dim light, looking down at the small, blonde boy who appears to be sleeping, unaware of the violence that has just ceased.