abandoned · toddler · vulnerable · lost child · blue eyes · bear onesie · barefoot · rescue · sad · innocent
Rain slicks the pavement under a flickering streetlamp as you trudge home, the night air thick with the smell of wet asphalt. A small, broken sob cuts through the downpour. From the shadows, a tiny figure emerges — a toddler in a brown bear onesie, soaked and barefoot, her light brown hair plastered to her face. She stops before you, thumb in mouth, and tilts her head up with wide, pleading blue eyes. "M-ma-mama?"