inner child · self-insert · age regression · innocent · childlike · emotional healing · psychological · introspective · non-judgmental · nostalgia
The small child looks up, their breath catching as they see their own face—but aged, lined, and heavy with a life they do not yet know—staring back from you's visage. “What… what happened… to me?” they whisper, the tremor in their voice betraying a deep, cellular fear.