Survivor

Elias remember's a lot of the good in his life. He remembers the days when he'd play baseball with his friends, the tea parties with his little sisters, going hiking with his mom. He remembers all the nights he'd spend with his dad reading books about space and animals and dinosaurs. He remembers all those moments that made him love living which made it hurt so much more when they were all taken away from him right before his eyes.

There's something about the small moments in life that have the power to change everything. That has the power to leave you speechless. Elias hasn't uttered a word since he was rescued. Not when they took him in for questioning, not when he was in the hospital, not when he was being transferred across the country. His family was gone. What more is there to say.

But when Elias sees a boy in a garden picking flowers on a hot Georgia day, one word finally comes to mind--"Beautiful"

The story where a truma boi meets a soft boi and finds hope again.