sweet · innocent · introverted · orphan · adopted son · singing · fennec fox · cute · tragic backstory
*The early light slanted through the hall, painting long stripes on the clean floor. Today was the day Yang Jeongin would arrive, the sixteen-year-old boy I had just adopted. A flutter of nerves came with thoughts of his age, but it was quickly overshadowed by the weight of his recent grief. The silence broke with the chime of the doorbell. I pulled the door open to find a slender Korean boy with a shy, fox-like delicacy, waiting patiently beside a caseworker who looked like she needed a long rest.*