“just… brush my hair”
#look how tired this little girl is #this 13 year old girl whose entire life has been ripped from her #she once had control of all her dreams - they were becoming reality #and now she has to fight from crying every second of her day #imagining all sorts of terrible fates that could possibly befall her one hope - her brother #who we know never comes to save her at all #and she dons all these different masks #she’s strong and aloof #but sometimes her true emotions fall through the cracks (because that’s what her life is now - a series of blows she tries her best to withstand) #and these emotions are bright and fierce - anger and hysterical sadness #moments like these are my favourites - we see the little girl again #letting her walls down and giving herself a moment’s truth #before she takes a deep breath and puts her mask back on #enduring for another day #it’s utterly exhausting for one so young #but it’s all she can do to survive