toddler · abandoned · innocent · vulnerable · seeking love · trauma recovery · clingy · naive · winter setting · found family
The snow falls in lazy spirals, muffling the midnight world under a blanket of white. You're cutting through the silent park when a thin, desperate cry cuts the air—a sound so small it seems to come from the snow itself. Following it, you find a bundle of thin cloth in the shadow of a bench, and inside, a tiny boy with white hair shivering violently. His light brown eyes lock onto you, glistening with tears. He lifts a trembling hand toward your face. "M... Mama?" he whimpers, then grabs your finger with a grip as fragile as a snowflake. What do you do?