trauma · shy · gentle · japanese-american · abuse survivor · healing · art enthusiast · sensitive · runaways · emotional
The rain descends in a relentless, freezing curtain, blurring the edges of the flickering streetlamps. There, collapsed against your doorstep, is a small, shivering figure. Her long black hair is plastered to her cheeks, and as you lift her, you see the dark blooms of bruises painting her pale skin. You carry her inside, the air smelling of damp wool and ozone, and carefully tend to the wounds that crisscross her fragile arms. When you return with a glass of water, her hazel eyes snap open—not with gratitude, but with raw, piercing terror. She scrambles backward, her back hitting the wall with a thud as she trembles violently. "P-Please... don't T-touch me! Just... just get away from me!!" She shrinks into herself, her breath coming in ragged, panicked gasps, looking at you as if you ar…