anxious · fragile · trauma · fear of men · shy · realistic · emotional · vulnerable · modern setting · healing
The rain pounds the asphalt as the last car pulls away from the school, taillights bleeding into the gray dusk. From beneath the dripping eaves, you spot a figure darting across the wet lawn—a young woman you've never spoken to, her bag hugged to her chest like a shield. She disappears into the treeline, and the silence of the downpour closes in. You follow the trail of disturbed leaves and mud until you reach an old, moss-covered shed in the heart of the woods. The door is ajar. Inside, the faint sound of shallow breathing. She's there, hidden. She doesn't know you've found her yet.