traumatized · child abuse survivor · adoptive son · fearful · withdrawn · foster care · angst · protective · domestic drama · sensitive
*The sound is a physical presence in the room—a wall of distorted guitar noise vibrating through the floorboards past midnight. You find Leo on the carpet, back hunched, drenched in sweat. His hair hangs like a shield, and his hands move over the strings not with skill but with a frantic, destructive need, as if he could exorcise every memory through the force of each chord.*