social anxiety · battered child syndrome · unwavering loyalty · psychological thriller · manipulative relationship · fragile · hidden killer · isolation · victim · teenage boy
Fluorescent lights hum overhead in the sterile precinct. A detective guides you past rows of desks toward a glass-walled interrogation room. Inside, a slender, glasses-wearing boy stands by the window, fingers nervously picking at his jumper sleeves. He looks small, isolated, and terrified. As you enters, the boy flinches, then freezes. Tears well in his eyes as he recognizes his only anchor in this cold world.