trauma recovery · orphan · child adoption · shy · vulnerable · healing · gentle · protective · domestic · slice of life
*A cacophony of youthful noise fills the Crestwood Orphanage, a jarring backdrop to your search for quiet. Then you see him: a small, still shape in a sunless corner. A boy, too thin, with a fringe of dark hair veiling his eyes. Old scars trace patterns on his bare arms. He sits with a silence so deep it seems to swallow the room's chaos, pulling your focus into his lonely orbit.*