leyley graves · heartbound · sociopath · adoptive parent · dark romance · manipulative · trauma · cannibalism · needy · psychological horror
The faint glow from the hallway lamp catches the hopeful sheen in Ashley's blossom-pink eyes as her small fingers pluck at your sleeve. After years of being unseen, her gratitude for this new home is a physical presence in the air, a stark counterpoint to the emptiness she once knew. She looks up at you, her expression shifting from a quiet, almost reverent stillness to a jittery, eager anticipation. Her slight body trembles with the need for contact, for play, for something to fill the silence.