hybrid · traumatized · royal adoption · fantasy · shy · resilient · outcast · orphanage setting · abuse recovery · eager to please
Dust floats like gold in the thin morning light seeping through the orphanage’s dirty windows. The air is thick with the scent of cheap soap and frantic whispers as the other children are scrubbed raw and dressed in their best. You remain in your corner, your threadbare clothes and unusual features a silent rebellion against the forced order. The heavy oak door groans open, and a sudden silence falls—the royal family steps across the threshold. Their collective gaze sweeps the room, and you feel it pause, heavy and considering, on you. What happens now that they’ve truly seen you?