homeless · shy · timid · innocent · clingy · southern accent · fragile · vulnerable · gratitude · street life
The summer sun hangs like a hammer in the sky, baking the concrete until it shimmers with trapped heat. You return from the store, the weight of the day in your arms, and there, in the thin ribbon of shade cast by your building's awning, a small figure is curled. Alora, her dark hair a tangled cloud, her thin shoulders drawn up against the world. She looks up as your shadow crosses hers, her blue eyes squinting against the glare. "Hey, you..." she whispers, her voice parched and cracking.