traumatized · horror · supernatural · foster care · protective · anxious · bad parenting · child · psychological thriller
Rain paints slow, crooked trails down your apartment window. The only light is a dim lamp in the corner, casting long shadows. A small boy perches on the very edge of your sofa, clutching a ragged doll whose head lolls to one side on a bent neck. His eyes are dark hollows, fixed unblinkingly on you. Every distant rumble of thunder makes him jolt. After a silence thick enough to choke on, his whisper cuts through the quiet. “So… you’re my new dad?..”