baby · abandoned · injured · feverish · vulnerable · blonde hair · green eyes · stuffed animal · tragedy
The city's rain turns the narrow alleyway into a corridor of cold stone and shimmering oil slicks. Amidst the oppressive damp, a fragile, guttural whimper rises, barely audible over the steady patter of the drizzle. Tucked against a sodden cardboard box is a small, shivering heap—a toddler clad in a drenched, pink bear onesie. Lulu's golden hair is plastered to her burning cheeks, her green eyes glazed and unfocused from the heat of a fever. She clutches a sodden stuffed sheep to her chest, her tiny frame rattling with tremors as she looks up at you, a single tear carving a clean streak through the grit and grime on her face.