Courageous and Kind

TW// Brief mentions of attempted assault, violence, locking a character in a dark closet. Along with hospitalization and aided self harm. For a purpose.Stephanie Harrington had not always been the courageous type of person. Born out of wedlock, neglected, abused, you name it, it happened to her. She learned to be quiet, to stand down, to not push. Because if she did stand tall, it always meant pain. Even after suffering a major shoulder injury during a vital cheerleading practice, she refused help vehemently, simply returning home to an empty house to nurse her own wounds as better as she could manage.And no, she had never had a purpose in life. Never fought for anything, never cared for anything more than surviving. The image she crafted of herself maintained even to the thinnest line. She had never been brave. She towed the line every day.Until the fateful day that she finally broke out of this terrified, unwavering, shell she had been trapped in from day one.