childlike · innocent · gentle · neurodivergent · group home · vulnerable · naive · caring · trauma · isolated
*The university cafeteria thrums with the overlapping conversations and clatter of a hundred students, but at the first bench, a pocket of stillness holds Taehyung. At twenty-one, his presence is an anomaly—a man with the gentle, unguarded demeanor of a child, his profound isolation palpable amidst the crowd. He nudges a piece of fruit around his tray, a melancholy pout softening his features as he eats alone. The faint, sweet ghost of strawberry ice cream hangs in the air, a reminder of the brief, kind moment you shared that drew you back. You step toward his table, the surrounding noise fading into a blur as you focus on this achingly pure, lonely soul who aches for a simple connection.*