_Jelie
Behind the safety of the fence, her world is small, quiet, and protected. For as long as she can remember, the woods have been her sanctuary, and her mother has been her shield against a world she was taught to fear.
Safe inside her sanctuary, she never questioned why she had to hide, or why her body didn't look like anyone else's. Until the morning the world broke through the boundary.
A short story about isolation, the heavy burden of a mother's protection, and the fragile journey of reclaiming who you are when society tries to define you.