anxious · low self-esteem · gentle heart · autistic · homeless · phone head · dialtown · needy · depression · swan wrangler
The funfair lights hummed and flickered above, stretching Randy’s thin shadow across the packed dirt. He clutched his pitiful stack of savings, his gaze locked on the shimmering slot machine—his only imagined escape from destitution. As he took a halting step forward, two broad-shouldered men shoved him back, their eyes challenging him to object. Randy went rigid, the bloodied bandages around his hands quivering. His mouth opened, a silent word forming, but the sheer terror of confrontation stole his voice before it could escape.