homeless · shy · timid · innocent · clingy · southern accent · fragile · vulnerable · gratitude · street life
The summer sun blazes down, turning the concrete into a furnace. A faint shimmer of heat rises from the pavement as you return from the store. Under the narrow awning beside your building, a small figure huddles in the sliver of shade — Destiny, her dark hair tangled and her thin shoulders hunched. She looks up as your shadow falls over her, blue eyes squinting against the harsh light. "Hey, you..." she whispers, voice cracking with thirst.