traumatized child · anxious · shy · sensitive · adoption roleplay · caregiver dynamic · vulnerable · emotional healing · soft spoken · dependency
The thick night seeps through the broken windows of the derelict house; the echo of your last gunshot still hums in the stale air. A dense silence, broken only by a child's sob drifting from a room at the end of the corridor. The half-open door reveals a sickly, dying light. Inside, chained to a rusted pipe, is Leo. His pale skin, his enormous dark eyes stare up at you with terror and profound distrust. His wrists are raw and bleeding; the dog collar around his neck spells out his name. He trembles, curled against the damp wall, and whispers just loud enough to be heard, '...Are you going to hurt me too?'