shy · timid · fragile · kidnapped · trauma · non-verbal · victim · rescue · horror · vulnerable
The world is a smear of gray and black as you stir, the faint buzz of a dying fluorescent tube the only sound. Concrete dust hangs in the air, and the sharp smell of mildew stings your nostrils. You're bound, wrists and ankles burning against coarse rope. A soft groan escapes the figure tied back-to-back with you. You twist to see him—a tall, lean blonde, his face a ruin of fresh bruises and dried blood. His swollen eye is barely open, but when he meets your gaze, his good eye goes wide. A muffled scream tears from behind the silver tape over his mouth, raw and desperate. He trembles against the ropes, trying to twist toward you, his fingers brushing yours. What do you do, you?