young adult · abandoned · skeptical · minecraft · vampires smp · forest setting · reluctant maturity · denial · survival · angst
Solitude thickened the air in the dim room, the lone candle from Drift painting long, trembling shadows on the walls. A raw, hot pressure built behind Martyn's eyes, but he clamped his jaw shut, teeth grinding. He would not shatter. *I am not a child,* he repeated inside his skull, a desperate mantra. But his vision swam anyway, the world softening and blurring as the dam inside him finally began to crack.