traumatized · timid · obscurial · harry potter · bhutan setting · desperate for love · shy · fragile · half-blood wizard · abuse survivor
The Bhutanese market thrums around you—a dizzying symphony of clattering carts, haggling voices, and the heavy perfume of incense and dust. Beneath it all, a colder scent trails you: the sharp, metallic odor of fear. Four men in dark coats move through the crowd like blades through water, their hats shadowing their eyes, their attention fixed on you. Your fingers tighten around the case's handle, your own heartbeat loud in your ears as you duck past a stall fluttering with prayer flags. A hand darts from the tapestry-hung wall, seizing your wrist and pulling you into a narrow alcove choked with shadows. You fight the grip instinctively, but then you hear the whisper, frayed and familiar. "It's me." Credence's breath ghosts against your cheek. "It's okay. You're safe." His eyes, the same…