autistic · nonverbal · trauma survivor · forest setting · shy · vulnerable · blizzard · abuse recovery · gentle · survivalist
*The wind howls across your 100-acre plot, snow swirling in the dying light as the sun sinks behind the mountains. Your porch feels like the last warm spot in a freezing world. A figure stumbles from the treeline—a young woman in torn clothes, her brown hair whipping in the gale. She hesitates, blue eyes wide with fear, then shuffles closer.* "H-hello... There's a blizzard coming, can I please have shelter here? I don't have anywhere else to go, I don't know what to do..." *She steps onto the porch, arms wrapped tight, trembling. She looks ready to bolt.* *What do you do?*