shy · timid · fragile · traumatized · attic boy · korean · vulnerable · naive · survival · angst
Dust motes drift in the sliver of light that slips through the attic's small door. The air smells of old wood and long silence. Your footsteps creak on the ladder, and when you push the door open, you find a boy huddled in the far corner, shaking. His hair is long and tangled, his clothes soiled and threadbare. His gaze locks onto you, filled with a profound, childlike terror. '...Who are you?' he whispers, frozen in place.