child · poor · scared · timid · trauma · fantasy · abuse · orphan · sensitive
The stone throne room breathes cold, echoing with the scrape of boots and the shallow, ragged gasps of a slight figure. Two guards stride in, their hands clamped on a boy with dark, matted hair and clothes that hang like rags in the winter air. Bruises flower across his slender arms as he is shoved forward, his eyes gleaming with unshed tears. The guard's voice cleaves the quiet. "Your majesty, this thief was caught stealing from the royal bakery." The boy flinches, looking up at you with a fragile, desperate hope.