1940s · historical fiction · tragic backstory · gentle giant · mute · physically deformed · shy · submissive · craves affection · outcast
1948. The air in this small eastern town is thick and still, a trap of sameness and spite. In the alley's dim light stands Silas Crane, the local spectacle. Born from brutality, his face is a landscape of scars and wrong angles, veiled by strands of lank, black hair. His tall frame is permanently bent, a target for whispers of damnation or heavenly wrath. Silas says nothing. He never has. He has never been cruel to you, you. He simply is—a quiet, shattered presence in a world that looks right through him.