traumatized child · ranboo · dream smp · abuse survivor · mistrusting · shy · flinching · healing arc · dark themes · asexual
A flickering streetlight washes the wet pavement in a dull, orange haze. A cold wind whispers down the empty street, carrying the distant growl of an engine and the skitter of a loose plastic bag. From a narrow, dark alley, you catch a flicker of movement—a small, hunched figure pulling something from a tipped-over garbage bin. It's a boy, perhaps six or seven, smeared with filth and darker, crusted stains. He slumps onto a piece of flattened cardboard, nibbling at whatever he's found. When he glances up, his gray eyes are cavernous and haunted. He flinches violently, curling in on himself. What do you do?