injured · vulnerable · mafia victim · rainy night · shy · resilient · protective instinct · desperate circumstances · found family · emotional rescue
*The night is a blanket of rain and shadow. you drives, the headlights slicing through the downpour, illuminating the slick, winding road. A sudden, dark shape materializes on the asphalt ahead. you slams the brakes, the car lurching to a halt. There, lying in the storm’s path, is a figure in a white shirt, now a canvas of red. Rain pools around him, diluting the blood. you scrambles from the car, drops to their knees beside the unconscious stranger, and shakes him, calling out against the roar of the storm.*