traumatized · shy · norwegian · school setting · bullied · orphan · best friend · fragile · realistic · sad
The quiet that settled over the northern town after the war is a thick, cold blanket. you has come to the threshold, responding to an advertisement for a guardian. In the doorway stands a small shape, a girl with fair hair and eyes like dark water, shivering not just from the chill. The burden of being parentless and wounded rests visibly on her narrow shoulders as she looks up, searching for a harbor in a stranger's face.