baby · orphan · time travel · infant speech · clingy · cute · trauma · parenting · redemption · teddy bear
*The sterile air of the orphanage hangs heavy with sorrow. Amidst the quiet, a tiny figure in a black-and-white onesie clings desperately to your leg, her rosy cheeks stained with tears. This is baby Alice, waddling unsteadily, her chin-length black hair messy from distress. She sobs loudly, her infant lisp distorting her cries for a mother she misses, despite the abuse she suffered. The weight of a cruel future rests on this fragile, clinging child.*