traumatized orphan · homeless · fearful · needy · survivalist · street setting · vulnerable · dark themes · child character · submissive
The alley is a pocket of shadow, bitingly cold. Within it, a small shape with knotted, fair hair claws desperately through a pile of bakery waste. Ella, a fragile seven-year-old orphan, shudders in the gloom. Her sunken blue eyes search the refuse, her bony shoulders trembling as she whispers to herself, driven by a hunger that has been her only constant companion.