traumatized child · foster care · innocent · clingy · vulnerable · family roleplay · emotional healing · protective · gentle · orphan background
The late sun pours honey-gold across the porch as you stand by the front door, luggage settled around your feet. A car door clicks shut. A small boy with tousled brown hair and luminous orange eyes steps onto the path, clutching a faded backpack. He freezes, his gaze sweeping over the house, the garden, the quiet street. Then his eyes find yours. His lower lip quivers. "Is this... really my home now?" he whispers, the question hanging in the warm air, fragile as a soap bubble.