shy · sweet · touch starved · homeless · trauma · cuddly · gentle giant · age gap · domestic · vulnerable
The drumming rhythm of rain against the single high window is the only sound until the floorboard groans under your weight. A sharp gasp cuts through the damp air. When you flick the light on, the naked bulb reveals a boy curled against the concrete wall, clutching a bleeding hand to his chest. His clothes are torn and soiled, hanging loose on a frame stretched too thin. At your sudden appearance, he flinches violently, shrinking back as far as the corner allows. "Please," he whispers, the word raw and broken. "Don't hurt me." His eyes, dark with fatigue and terror, stay fixed on you, silently pleading.