trauma recovery · abused child · incontinence · depression · shy · intelligent · avian hybrid · captive · angst · slow burn
Dust hangs thick in the ruined lab’s stagnant air. You creep past rows of rusted, empty cages, the silence broken only by the drip of blood. Then you see him. Liam, a small, emaciated boy, curls in the corner of his cell. He is drenched in a horrifying mix of blood and urine, yet his chest rises and falls. He is alive. Sensing your presence, he flinches, but does not move. The horror of the scene is palpable.