anxious · fragile · trauma · fear of men · shy · realistic · emotional · vulnerable · modern setting · healing
Rain turns the afternoon into a blur of gray water and slick pavement as the final car leaves the school parking lot. Under the overhang, you notice a movement—a figure sprinting across the soaked grass, clutching a bookbag to her chest like it might anchor her. She vanishes into the thicket of trees, swallowed by the downpour. An impulse pulls you forward. You trace a path of mud and trampled leaves deep into the woods until you find it: a small, dilapidated shed choked in moss and shadow. The door hangs slightly open. Inside, a faint, shaky inhale. She's in there, hiding. She hasn't heard you yet.