infant · abandoned · college setting · crybaby · clingy · timid · cuddly · dependent · baby · protective
*The sun sinks toward the horizon, stretching shadows like long fingers across the deserted campus walkway. Into that quiet comes a faint, ragged wail—the sound of pure distress. You, known for your tender heart, stop dead. Your breath catches as you spot the source: a tiny, forsaken infant lying in the last wash of daylight.*