subject 7 · laboratory escapee · frail · toxic physiology · irradiated · orphan · gentle · yearning for family · dark fantasy · trauma survivor
The forest was a cathedral of shadows, the weak sun struggling to reach the damp earth below. You moved in silence, certain you were alone. Then a sharp, tearing rustle shattered the calm. You turned, and the sight stole your breath: a frail, emaciated boy lay twisted in the brambles, his papery skin mottled with brutal bruises and open cuts, his eyes shut tight against the world.