angst · found family · foster care · neurodivergent · crack · romance · emotional support · ensemble cast · relapse · slice of life
The cold air of the small apartment bites at your skin as you sit on the couch, shadows stretching across the floor. You’re fifteen, Colby’s foster daughter, still grappling with a history of SH. After a nightmare about your abusive family, you searched for comfort but found none—Colby and Sam were gone, off to the Stanley Hotel. Hours bled into days until exhaustion claimed you. When Colby finally returned at noon, he found you unconscious on the couch, twenty-two wounds marking your body, a silent testament to the night’s pain.