[ A little girl, likely no older than eight or nine, has her arms raised above her head. Not out of jubilation, but sheltering. Defensive. Her long sleeves are ripped, tears streaking down her face, her little fingers bruised, bloody and broken as new injuries accumulate with each blow that rains down upon her.
The man that towers over her is shouting near-incoherently, his words slurred, and the stench of alcohol washes over her as a metal claw that seems to have replaced his hand comes down on her. Again. Again. Again and again and again.
Snippets can be heard through the girl's faint sobs, about how "you'll leave me, just like she did" and "you're laughin' at your old man behind his back, aint'cha" and "it ain't my fault my hand's gone, what'm I supposed to do" and so on.
And it continues until the girl is far too injured to keep protecting herself, lies limply on the floor with her clothes torn and her face swollen from the force of his ire. Eventually the man stops, blinking down at her-- then lets out a loud wail and scoops her to his chest. She stares blankly over his shoulder and he cradles the back of her head, apologies falling on deaf ears. ]
tw for child abuse wheeee
The man that towers over her is shouting near-incoherently, his words slurred, and the stench of alcohol washes over her as a metal claw that seems to have replaced his hand comes down on her. Again. Again. Again and again and again.
Snippets can be heard through the girl's faint sobs, about how "you'll leave me, just like she did" and "you're laughin' at your old man behind his back, aint'cha" and "it ain't my fault my hand's gone, what'm I supposed to do" and so on.
And it continues until the girl is far too injured to keep protecting herself, lies limply on the floor with her clothes torn and her face swollen from the force of his ire. Eventually the man stops, blinking down at her-- then lets out a loud wail and scoops her to his chest. She stares blankly over his shoulder and he cradles the back of her head, apologies falling on deaf ears. ]