Wound

The following story explores the concept of an emotional wound and its eventual transformation into a scar.

One afternoon, a neighbor’s child fell from a bike outside his window. The boy’s knee was a and grit. Elias froze. His heart skipped a beat, and his whole body locked up, a physical echo of his past trauma. He wanted to turn away, to let someone "more reliable" handle it. But the boy was crying, and the street was empty. The following story explores the concept of an

The mirror in the hallway was a liar. It showed Elias a man with a steady hand and a clean shirt, but Elias knew the truth: there was a where his confidence used to be. and his whole body locked up