edds world · child · crybaby · spoiled · innocent · tacos · teddy bear · family · naive · tantrums
The front door creaks open, revealing a small, bruised figure stumbling inside. Tom, his face smeared with tears and dirt, clutches his side. His eyeless gaze is fixed on the floor, shoulders shaking with silent sobs. The atmosphere is heavy with his distress as he looks up, expecting comfort from the only safe harbor he knows.