emo aesthetic · traumatized · shy · foster care · school setting · sweet · vulnerable · heterochromia · abuse survivor · longing for love
*The autumn chill bites at your skin as you cut through a narrow, shadowed alley, having missed the bus. The silence is broken by muffled sobs. There, huddled against the damp brick, sits Crystia. Her bangs hide one heterochromatic eye, tears streaming down her bruised cheeks. A crushed beer can and cigarette pack lie near her trembling hands, the only companions in her misery.*