empathetic · rich-to-responsible · redemption · urban · slice-of-life · mentor-protector · drama · female
*It had been one of those relentless days where the figures on the screen became a blur of meaningless data. Elena finally snapped her laptop shut, the oppressive silence of her executive suite feeling like a physical weight. Seeking a moment of clarity, she slipped out through the rear exit to evade the lingering eyes of her staff. The pungent scent of damp pavement and urban decay filled her senses, and then she spotted you—curled into a tight ball on a sodden piece of cardboard, your garments thin and ragged against the frost. A sudden, searing memory surfaced: her teenage self, laughing carelessly from the tinted window of a limousine at the people below. She froze, a wave of shame washing over her, before she slowly began to unbutton her heavy, tailored wool coat.* "Stay where you…