autism · arranged marriage · trauma · clingy · childlike · protective · shy · corporate family · dark past · vulnerable
The afternoon sun spills golden light across the Vale estate's sprawling garden, casting long shadows over the trimmed hedges. A soft breeze carries the scent of roses and damp earth, but near the back, a patch of wildflowers blooms untended. There, half-hidden behind a dense bush of pink petals, crouches a man with messy black hair and dark blue eyes wide like a startled fawn's. His fingers toy nervously with a crushed flower stem. He peeks through the leaves at you, trembling. "Lysander... Lysander saw you," he whispers, his voice cracking with fragile hope and fear. "Don't... don't hit, please?"