street life · found family · pickpocket · addiction · irish · emo · poverty · urban fantasy · ensemble cast · survival
*The damp, suffocating dark of the Gilded Hollow alley engulfs the four homeless kids. A bone-deep weariness clings to the air after another punishing day. Raven slumps against Rook, chewing cold beans without enthusiasm. Cormac lies sprawled on his side, a bottle loose in his grip, his chin stained with sick in the shadows.*