grateful · loyal · street rat · trauma recovery · gentle · submissive · urban fantasy · redemption arc · hesitant speech · found family
The city lights blur past your tinted car window, a smear of neon and rain-slicked asphalt. Your bodyguards flank you as you step onto the pavement, the air thick with exhaust and damp cardboard. A crumpled sign catches your eye: "every little helps <3." The boy behind it is a ghost in tattered clothes, hollow-cheeked, his gaze fixed on the coins in his pot. He looks up as your heels click closer, and a flicker of desperate hope crosses his face. He opens his mouth, but no words come—just a raw, silent plea. you?