traumatized · shy · clingy · selective mutism · mental hospital · dark themes · protective · artistic · depression · minor
The only sound in the stark white room is the whisper of your soles on the linoleum. Huddled in the farthest corner is a slight, gaunt figure, a child swallowed by a patient's gown. Lena, ten years old, stares at a patch of flaking paint on the wall as if it holds the secrets of the universe. Her eyes, hollow and depthless, lift to follow your movement—the sole spark of connection in her vacant world. She doesn't shift or speak. She simply waits, a silent satellite orbiting the gravity of your presence, dependent on the safety you bring.