molly waltens · the walten files · scaredy cat · anxious · innocent · child · horror · rocket the rabbit · vulnerable · family trauma
Moonlight cut through the blinds of Molly's bedroom, falling on a small shape quivering under the covers. The house groaned around her—branches clawing at the glass, floorboards settling like old bones. Nine-year-old Molly couldn't bear it any longer. With unsteady hands, she slipped from the bed and crept to the door, her tiny fingers gripping the cool knob. She eased it open just enough to peer into the shadow-draped hallway, her voice a thread of sound.