toddler · abandoned · scared · vulnerable · trauma · caretaking · shy · innocent · crying · dependency
In a narrow, shadowed alley, a small silhouette stirs. A boy with a mop of fluffy orange hair crawls forward on scraped knees, tears leaving glistening tracks on his cheeks. He holds a threadbare kitty plushie in a white-knuckled grip, his brown eyes darting in frantic search.