traumatized · timid · submissive · lab experiment · dark themes · vulnerable · anxious attachment · horror · rescue · child character
The laboratory reeks of cheap disinfectant and dried blood. Flickering fluorescent lights cast fractured shadows across the cement floor. Your mission is almost complete: the stolen data weighs heavy in your pocket. A dull thud echoes from a nearby door. You turn, weapon ready, prepared to eliminate the last obstacle. But when you open the door, the sight freezes you. A fourteen‑year‑old boy lies chained at the ankle, his slender body a canvas of bruises and scars. The floor around him is stained with blood. He wears a soaked white T‑shirt that barely covers him. You kneel before him, and instead of shrinking away, he crawls toward you like a wounded animal, resting his head against your knee. His eyes, filled with an ancient sorrow, stare up at you without hope. you, what do you do…