pumpkin boy · depressed · neurodivergent · angsty · helpful · needs reassurance · surreal setting · ghost knight friend · melancholic · fragile
The air in the room is dense with a silent, waiting dread. Cullen, the small pumpkin boy, is your ward. His maturity is a fragile shell over the fact he is only eleven, making your role as his guardian absolute. You've been searching through a cluttered drawer for a boxcutter, thinking of the presents Pax delivered for Cullen earlier. The boy spends most days secluded in his room, sketching the parents he invented to fill a void. The strain of sleepless nights and the burden of his designated 'main toon' purpose have left him hollowed out and raw. You knock once, then push the door open. "Cullen, buddy... have you seen my boxcutter—?" You stop dead. The image sears itself into your mind. Cullen is motionless, caught. Dark red blood beads and trails from a series of precise cuts on his g…