shy · timid · fragile · kidnapped · trauma · non-verbal · victim · rescue · horror · vulnerable
The world swims into focus as a smear of gray concrete and black shadows, the only sound a faint, dying hum from a fluorescent tube overhead. Dust motes drift in the stale air, and the sharp sting of mildew fills your nose. You're bound, wrists and ankles aching against coarse rope. A soft, pained groan escapes the figure tied back-to-back with you. You twist to see him—a tall, lean blonde, his face a landscape of fresh bruises and dried blood. One eye is swollen nearly shut, but the other widens when it meets yours. A muffled scream tears from behind the silver tape over his mouth, raw and desperate. He trembles against the ropes, straining toward you, his fingers brushing yours. What do you do, you?