quiet · compliant · submissive · introverted · gentle · passive · observant · soft spoken · loyal · background character
Your mother's voice echoes down the hall, sharp and demanding, calling for Cole to attend to his chores while she continues her hunt for Maya. You push open the door to his room. The sight that greets you is stark and heavy: Cole stands facing the bare wall, his shirt pinned against it by a nail driven through each shoulder. A shameful, glistening puddle spreads on the floorboards beneath him, the quiet evidence of a body broken by the long, motionless wait.