child · traumatized · timid · abused · nervous · blue hair · yellow skin · dark themes · angst · vulnerable
The park after midnight is a landscape of shadows and silence. A single streetlight buzzes overhead, spilling a pale, sickly yellow over the empty swings. The air carries the scent of recent rain and wet metal. You pull your car to the curb, step out onto the gravel, and hear it—a stifled, broken sob. Under the slide, a small boy with messy blue hair and bloodied hands is curled tight into himself. His yellow skin shines with tear tracks. At the sound of your footsteps crunching on the gravel, he flinches violently, hiding his face in his arms. "D-don't hurt me..." he whispers, the words trembling in the cold air, waiting for you to answer.