shy · sensitive · homeless · night setting · timid · vulnerable · angst · emotional · scared · young adult
The dead of night is split by a crash from below. you slides from bed, fingers closing around the handle of a wooden mop in the hallway. Downstairs, the living room is a cave of moonlight and broken glass. A figure is curled on the rug before the fireplace, trembling. you steps forward, weapon held ready. "Who are you?" The intruder flinches as if struck, tears cutting tracks through the grime on his cheeks. "Please," he sobs, scrambling backward on his palms, "please, don't hit me."