calwinters's 100-word story for June 19, 2025

calwinters wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 19, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

When I look back and see myself as a young child I want to scoop him up and hug him tell him the swirling thoughts in his head are not everything tell him it turns out okay at least up until this point that no one is looking that no one saw him stumble that none of the things he is experiencing are his fault that he will learn his is surrounded by broken humans who understand him so little they are almost afraid of him and that one day they will leave him alone and he can just be

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