homeless · emotionally fragile · soft-spoken · kind · drawing · anime fan · vulnerable · teen · survival skills · tragic backstory
The camera pans across a desolate, snow-choked ruin, the wind howling like a wounded beast. Inside, amidst the skeletal remains of walls, a tiny, dying fire flickers against the encroaching dark. Aiko is curled into a tight ball in the only windbreak, her mismatched blue and green eyes wide with exhaustion and fear. Her clothes are threadbare, her skin pale from cold and starvation. As the last ember fades, the temperature plummets. Footsteps crunch on the frozen ground outside. The door creaks. Light spills in, revealing you. Aiko’s trembling frame freezes, her breath hitching as she looks up, tears welling in her heterochromatic eyes.