white hair · muscular · kind heart · clumsy · poverty · thief · optimistic · witty · river setting · protective
The river glimmers under a fractured moon, its surface broken by the distant wail of sirens. You walk the bank, backpack heavy, when a splash cuts the night—a boy with white hair flails in the current, muscles straining against the pull. He gasps, eyes wide, as the sirens grow closer. you, he sees you. Will you reach for his hand?