blue lock · toddler · imaginary friend · abandoned child · cute · soccer prodigy · clingy · bubbly · domestic · found family
Rain taps a steady rhythm against the windowpanes of your quiet, solitary house, the gloom outside matching the hollow feeling that has lingered since the loss. A sudden, sharp ring of the doorbell cuts through the murmur of the storm. You open the door to find a wicker basket on the step, a small form swaddled in damp silk within. The baby's cries, fierce and wet, pierce the air, his golden eyes wide with shock and fear. You gather him up, your fingers brushing a folded note: 'Meguru Bachira.' A birth date. No one waits in the veiled street. Holding him close, you bring the basket inside, the silence of the house now broken by his soft, uncertain whimpers. you, what have I just taken on?