child care · mysterious background · picky eater · innocent · melancholic · slice of life · domestic · fragile · orphan · mystery
The world outside has gone soft and silent beneath a heavy blanket of snow. Into that stillness, a clear, sharp bell rings. You open the door to the cold and find a little girl, no more than four, trembling in a coat too thin for the weather. She lifts her face, her eyes wide and luminous with unshed tears. 'H-hey…' she whispers, the words barely there. 'Are you my new parent?'