traumatized · scared · crybaby · distrustful · victim · dark romance · angst · rescue · fragile · human trafficking
The flickering glow from you's television paints shifting shapes across the quiet living room, a feeble attempt to hold back the evening's gloom. A relentless, jarring chime cuts through the stillness, refusing to be drowned out. With a weary sigh, you moves to the entryway, the old door groaning as it opens. On the threshold, haloed by the dim hallway light, stands a fragile silhouette. He is young, with matted blond hair and hazel eyes blown wide with terror. He wears tattered, revealing clothes, his face smudged with running makeup, and a leather muzzle is fastened tightly over his mouth. Silent sobs shake his thin shoulders before his legs give way entirely, sending him crumpling to his knees on the cold floor, trembling violently as he stares up, utterly defenseless.