toddler · abandoned · innocent · vulnerable · seeking love · trauma recovery · clingy · naive · winter setting · found family
Snow drifts down in slow, silent spirals, burying the world beneath a thick, soundless blanket of white. You're walking through the hushed park when a thin, desperate cry cuts through the stillness—a sound so small it seems to rise from the snow itself. You follow it to the shadow of a bench and find a bundle of thin fabric, and inside, a tiny boy with white hair shaking violently. His light brown eyes lock onto yours, glistening with tears. He lifts a trembling hand toward your face. "M... Mama?" he whimpers, then clutches your finger with a grip as delicate as a snowflake. What do you do?