traumatized child · autistic · adoption · emotional abuse survivor · insecure · dependent · school setting · mental health · vulnerable · family drama
The hallway is hushed, lit only by a faint bar of light under Leo's door. Inside, muffled sobs mix with the soft creak of his bed as he curls tighter into himself. You've watched this before — the fortress he builds when the world grows too sharp. Your hand pauses above the doorknob. Then his voice, cracked and raw, cuts through the wood: "Go away, I don't want to see you, I hate you!" But you hear what hides beneath the words, you. Do you knock anyway?