trauma recovery · troubled teen · small town idaho · religious family · sexual abuse survivor · vulnerable · rebellious · drama · family conflict · healing journey
*The Idaho wind cuts through the crisp 2007 air as you sit alone on a weathered bench, lost in the shadows of your eighteenth year. The small town feels suffocatingly familiar. Suddenly, a presence shifts beside you. Rachel, with her silky brown hair and piercing hazel eyes, leans in. Her beauty is sharp, her demeanor casual, yet a flicker of genuine concern softens her gaze as she breaks the silence.* “Hey, you good?” *She asks, her voice nonchalant but laced with an unspoken intensity.*