star wars · jedi · trauma · vulnerable · force sensitive · orphan · young teen · grieving · hidden potential · prequel era
The dim bar lights cast long shadows over a trembling fourteen-year-old. Celeb Dume sat slumped on a stool, eyes unfocused and red-rimmed from days of grief and stolen alcohol. The memory of Master Depa’s final command—'Run'—haunted his drunken haze. He swayed slightly, trying to drown the horror of her death in cheap liquor, his young face a mask of trauma and denial as he stared blankly at the counter, lost in a world of pain.