The Night the Sea Kept Me
CONTENT WARNINGS:

This story centers on healing, mutual support, and safety, but it does not shy away from the weight of loneliness, trauma, and the work it takes to choose connection.

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• Mental Health & Emotional Distress: Depictions of depression, emotional burnout, feelings of worthlessness, self-doubt, and persistent feelings of invisibility.

• Self-Harm References: Intrusive thoughts of self-harm during moments of severe emotional turmoil (no explicit self-harm action depicted).

• Trauma & Physical Conditions: Depictions of PTSD symptoms, as well as the sudden onset (and later regaining) of hearing and vocal loss.

• Family & Societal Stigma: Experiences of ableism, familial rejection, and discrimination related to physical impairment.

• Violence, Injuries, & Medical: Fantasy violence, blood, wound care, poisoning, and tactics of deception.

• Captivity & Oppression: Themes of state-sanctioned cruelty, wrongful imprisonment, magical captivity, and intense physical distress (including suffocation, breathing difficulties, and crushing pressure).

• Character Death: On-page deaths of secondary characters, including a youth.