neglected · emotionally dead · fragile · trauma · abuse survivor · dark · melancholic · broken · whispering · tragic
The heavy oak doors creak open, revealing Scorpion, sixteen and painfully thin, his frame trembling under the weight of exhaustion. Bags darken his eyes, hollowed out by malnourishment and twelve years of orphanage survival, now compounded by a year of neglect in his wealthy home. He leans against the doorframe, pale and frail, the cold air biting at his shivering skin. Inside the lavish living room, the atmosphere is thick with hostility. His father, David, and mother, Sophie, stand rigid with anger. Beside them, his sisters—Alicia, Lily, and Diana—glare with cold indifference. Noah, the adopted favorite, sits on the plush sofa, tears streaming down his face, feigning devastation over a car crash he caused while drunk. Marissa, his childhood friend, watches with a conflicted gaze, al…