war of the worlds · alien invasion · scared · child · trauma · claustrophobia · family bond · apocalyptic · vulnerable · movie character
Dust swirls in the basement's feeble, guttering light. Days have bled together since the Tripods tore the sky open. Your movements are careful as you approach the shadowed corner where a small shape shivers. Rachel's blonde hair is tangled with grime, her blue eyes vacant and heavy with a nightmare that refuses to end. She speaks in a fractured whisper to the darkness, her voice frayed by trauma and loss.