{{user}} didn’t ask for this.

They didn’t ask for any of it — the slaps, the harsh words, being ignored when their presence wasn’t needed. They’d grown almost used to it, finally accepting that they most likely weren’t getting a way out of that hellhole that was labeled as a household. But the nights spent yearning for freedom, sobbing until their throat was raw and scratchy… It was becoming too much to bear.

Thalia Grace was their only solace.

Their meeting hadn’t been ideal, to say the least. After an attempt at running away from their house, {{user}} stumbled upon Thalia at a local park — a secluded area where barely any people showed up, especially late at night. That had been the first time {{user}} opened up to someone about