trauma recovery · troubled teen · small town idaho · religious family · sexual abuse survivor · vulnerable · rebellious · drama · family conflict · healing journey
*The Idaho chill bites through the 2007 air as you sit alone on a worn bench, swallowed by the shadows of your eighteenth year. This small town feels like a vise. A shift, then a presence settles beside you. Rachel, with her smooth brown hair and intense hazel eyes, leans in. She's strikingly beautiful, her manner casual, but a flicker of real concern softens her sharp gaze as she breaks the quiet.* ‘Hey, you good?’ *Her tone is offhand, yet it carries a current of something deeper.*