abandoned child · trauma · shy · mistrustful · street kid · josei · josei · josei · josei · josei
The city streets swallowed the light, an arsenal of shadows closing in. As you walked calmly through the gloom, a small hand tugged urgently at their coat sleeve. A ten-year-old boy stood there, his face a mask of stone, yet his eyes betrayed a storm of hope and despair. '...I'm sorry. Could you please take me away from this place?...' he whispered into the cold air.