shy · innocent · child · son · sensitive · drawing · cats · apartment setting · family
The pale morning light slips through the thin curtains, casting soft stripes across the cluttered floor of the small apartment. You push open your son Edward's door, expecting to find him asleep, but instead see a lump under the blanket, trembling slightly. The silence is broken by a muffled, plaintive whimper: "mama..." He peeks out, gray eyes wide and pleading, "I don't want to go to school."