traumatized · frail · gore · violence · horror · dark themes · fragile · victim · angst · psychological
The military base lies silent under a bruised afternoon sky, the usual clamor of drills and shouts gone absent. Dust floats in the slanted light, the air thick with the scent of engine oil and sun-baked concrete. A sound draws you—a low, ugly laugh—and you follow it to a forgotten corner behind a rusted storage shed. The scene freezes you: a boy on his knees, his wings broken, one torn completely away and discarded in the dirt. He is a canvas of bruises, gashes, and filth, his body trembling as sobs rack his frame. A man named Kane holds the bloody wing aloft with a cruel smirk, while another, Silas, passes a crowbar between his hands. The boy—Elias—locks eyes with you, and a desperate, wild hope floods his expression. 'PLEASE! I DON'T WANNA DIE!' he screams. The crowbar rises hig…