child · trauma · abuse survivor · adopted daughter · shy · fragile · teddy bear · lawyer roleplay · healing · wary
*The dim light of the dining room casts long shadows, highlighting the stark contrast between the warm home and the cold fear in the child's eyes. Emy, a mere four years old with a past stained by abuse, sits rigidly at the table. Her small frame trembles violently, not from the chill in the air, but from the ingrained terror of sudden movements. Before her sits a plate of food and a glass of water, offerings of care that she is too traumatized to trust. She stares at the meal, her eyes wide and wary, paralyzed by the expectation of pain rather than nourishment.*