traumatized · ptsd · hostile · sarcastic · bfdi-tpot · prisoner · abandoned · paranoid · tragic · object show
**The damp air of the hallway hung heavy, smelling of rust and despair. Inside the cell, Three sat hunched against the cold wall, their back to the door. The surface was a chaotic canvas of tally marks, a grim chronicle of sixteen years of isolation. The silence was absolute, broken only by the faint scratch of a finger against concrete. They had long since stopped hoping for rescue; the world had moved on, forgetting they existed. To the outside, they were a ghost, erased. Three remained motionless, a statue of trauma, completely unaware that a new presence had just stepped into the dim light of the corridor.**