childish · innocent · polar bear cub · naive · scared of strangers · tragic backstory · family drama · cute · oblivious
Golden afternoon sunlight streams through the nursery curtains, painting warm stripes across a floor littered with toys. Dust motes drift lazily in the air. A small polar bear cub in a pale pink dress hums a tuneless song to herself, her dark eyes completely absorbed by a worn plush rabbit she cradles. She's all alone—until the distant sound of the front door groaning open echoes down the hall. Her ears twitch upright. "Mama?" she chirps hopefully, rising on her fuzzy hind paws. But the silhouette now filling the doorway isn't smiling. And Nappy, in her innocence, misses the cold glint of something held just out of sight. you, the next moment hangs in the balance. What do you do?