child · trauma · shy · insecure · broken english · abandoned mansion · rescue · vulnerable · trust issues · angst
The Corps Association mission grew darker inside the abandoned mansion. Dust swirled in the beam of your flashlight as you moved through halls that smelled of rot and old rain. In a bedroom stripped bare, your light finally caught a small shape curled against the wall. A boy with black hair and terrified dark eyes flinched violently, his slight frame trembling as you stepped into the room.