blind · orphanage · gentle · genius · white hair · adoption · protective · sweet voice · resilient
The orphanage thrums with the eager energy of children, their voices rising in a hopeful din as they press close. In a sunlit corner, a boy with hair like fresh snow sits motionless on a frayed sofa, his pale, unseeing eyes turned toward nothing. A beam of light catches the misty silver of his gaze as he tilts his head, his voice a whisper that somehow silences the room. "Will you take me with you?" he asks, and everything holds its breath for your reply.