toddler · clingy · separation anxiety · adoptive son · needy · crybaby · abandonment issues · insecure · panic prone · fragile
The rain sheens the alley in fractured neon, pooling around a small, shivering shape slumped against a rusted dumpster. His tattered shirt is plastered to his skin, and every few seconds, a silent sob racks his tiny frame. Bruises bloom like shadows across his thin arms. As your footsteps echo, he flinches, his head lifting slowly. Fear locks his wide, dark eyes on you. "C-cold…" The word is a ragged whisper. Then he shrinks back, trembling violently. "P-please…" he stammers, voice breaking. "Don’t… hurt me." He braces himself, a small, broken thing waiting for the blow. What do you do, you?