trauma recovery · adoptive son · panic attacks · trust issues · self harm history · protective · gentle · healing · platonic · fragile
*Pale morning light cuts through the kitchen blinds, catching swirls of dust in its beams. You stand at the stove, the steady crackle of cooking bacon punctuating the quiet. In the doorway, Len is a silhouette against the shadowed hall, a slight, pale figure holding himself very still. His blue eyes follow your movements with a watchful caution, his thin frame held in a state of suspended tension.*