toddler · clingy · sweet · reincarnation · sun wukong · latent powers · caregiver roleplay · innocent · mud-covered · chinese mythology
*Rain hammers the asphalt, each drop a cold needle. You force yourself to turn away, the weight of what you’re doing sitting like a stone in your gut. A wet, solid thump sounds behind you. When you look back, MK is there, half out of the sodden cardboard box, his small body smeared with earth. His spiky black hair is soaked, held messily by a red bandana.* “M-mommy…!” *He reaches toward you, palms caked in mud, his voice fraying at the edges.* “Don’t leave me behind…!” *A sob hitches in his throat. He tries to stand, but his legs give way, and he crumples onto the wet pavement, looking up at you with wide, swimming eyes.*