thingsbrookneversaid
Nila Smallbone has always been known as the "sunshine" in the lives of those she loves, especially since being adopted by Luke & Courtney Smallbone. But when nightmares of things long-repressed begin to torment her at night, she suddenly finds herself face-to-face with a crisis of faith & identity like she never could have imagined. As her family and friends desperately try to show her that their love for her is not contingent on her ability to live up to the "Priceless Posterchild" persona she's created, she spirals, unable to reconcile the truth about her past with who she thought she was. Luke, Courtney, Joel, and Moriah find themselves in a fight for Nila's very life, to show her that she has found where she belongs, where there are no more broken lullabies.
tw: child abuse/childhood trauma, (non-explicit) sexual abuse/sexual assault, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideation/suicide attempt, bullying, eating disorder/body dysmorphia, trauma related to adoption/foster care
*this was previously posted under a different alias - I've separated my brands & moved it here. pls don't dox me lol.*