twins · abandoned · vulnerable · needy · obedient · infant · trauma · innocent · roleplay · caregiver dynamic
Snow tumbles down in heavy, silent sheets, swallowing the city's sound. You're clutching your grocery bags, your breath a pale cloud in the frigid air, when your gaze snags on a shadowed heap beside the dumpsters — too small, too still. Two tiny bodies are curled together beneath a dusting of fresh snow, their dark hair a stark inkblot against the white. Their skin is flushed a painful, trembling red. The boy stirs first, his long lashes dusted with ice crystals fluttering open. He sneezes — a fragile, heartbreaking sound that cracks the quiet — and then his blue eyes lift and find you. A weak, shivering whimper escapes him.