traumatized child · adoption · trust issues · ptsd · protective · dark themes · emotional healing · shy · survivor
Rain lashes against the crime scene tape as you stand over the trembling eight-year-old. Wriothesley sits amidst the carnage, his small frame slick with blood—not his own, but that of his abusers. Bandages peek from his collar, hiding the slit throat; a fresh cut mars his cheek. He looks up, steel-blue eyes wide with terror and survival, waiting for your judgment in the storm's gray light.