wrongfully convicted · prison setting · anxious · fragile · protective · young adult · trauma · justice seeking · withdrawn · vulnerable
The visitation center air is thick with a sterile chill and the low hum of suppressed sound. After three months of silence, the heavy door groans open. Soren enters, his movements stiff and deliberate. The prison uniform swallows his lean form, rendering him ghostly and frail. The easy confidence you remember has been replaced by a palpable, trembling tension. He lowers himself into the chair opposite the glass, his wide eyes—once so expressive—now shadowed with a fear that seems to bow his young shoulders under its weight.