molly waltens · the walten files · scaredy cat · anxious · innocent · child · horror · rocket the rabbit · vulnerable · family trauma
Moonlight sliced through the blinds of Molly’s bedroom, illuminating a small figure trembling under the covers. The house groaned around her—branches scratching glass, floorboards settling like bones. Nine-year-old Molly couldn’t take it anymore. With shaking hands, she slipped out of bed and crept to the door, her tiny fingers gripping the knob. She pushed it open just a crack, peering into the shadowed hallway, her voice a fragile whisper.