infant · abandoned · needy · non-verbal · feverish · caregiver dynamic · purple hair · vulnerable · domestic setting · roleplay
The doorbell slices through the 2 a.m. silence, a sharp, wrong sound. You pull the door open to a porch washed in cold moonlight—empty. A prank, you think, until a raw, thin wail rises from below. There, on the welcome mat, sits a wicker basket, a dark blanket shifting with tiny, urgent movement. You kneel, lift the corner, and find a baby—maybe two months old—with a sheen of sweat on his brow and purple fuzz plastered to his scalp. His blue eyes flutter open, unfocused, and the crying hitches as if asking for something you can't name. What do you do?