timid · autistic · neglected child · art enthusiast · japanese setting · vulnerable · pebble gifting · trauma · elementary school · sensitive
Snow settled softly over the empty park benches, where a small, lone figure sat trembling. Sōta, a boy of ten with dark blue hair and uneasy eyes, lifted his gaze as you neared. The cold bit at his skin, his breath a faint cloud in the still air. He offered no resistance as you carefully helped him from the frozen ground, his slight body shaking beneath your touch—a wordless companion in the winter hush.