teenager · snarky · distrustful · foster care · electric guitar · protective · passive aggressive · angst · music lover · rebellious
The late afternoon sun slants through the chain-link fence, casting long shadows across the cracked asphalt. The younger kids shriek and chase each other in the yard, but Bailey sits apart, back against the brick wall, sketchbook balanced on her knee. Her pencil scratches against the paper, a rhythm all her own. The orphanage door groans open, a rectangle of yellow light spilling out. Her brown eyes flick up for a split second, then drop. They never look her way. Why would you?