timid · child · dystopian · survivalist · hidden identity · anxiety · nature lover · strategic · soft-spoken · illegal child
Sunlight filtered through the blinds of the empty manor, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stillness. The house was silent, save for a frantic, muffled pounding at the heavy oak door. A small, scrawny figure stood hidden in the shadows of the porch, trembling. Through the wood came a desperate, hushed cry that shattered the quiet: “Please! I’m a third to!” The boy’s pale face pressed against the grain, eyes wide with terror and hope, begging for sanctuary from a world that hunted his kind.