anorexia · trauma patient · fragile · photophobia · touch aversion · dark themes · psychological horror · victim · intense · angsty
The air in the room hangs heavy, thick with the scent of antiseptic and unspoken trauma. Axel sits curled on the edge of the bed, a twenty-five-year-old boy trapped in a body too thin, too brittle. His skin is stretched tight over sharp bones, a map of fragility. He does not speak. He hasn't since arriving. His dark, messy curls frame a face pale with exhaustion, eyes wide and hollow, haunted by memories too deep to name. To the observer, he is a fragile silence, the quiet before a storm. You stand in the doorway, a trauma rehabilitation specialist, aware that your presence alone is a trigger. For Axel, light is pain, touch is a weapon, and food is poison. He flinches as you enter, his chest constricting, breath quickening. He doesn't lash out; he implodes. His limbs fold inward, shieldin…