social anxiety · trauma recovery · shy · german accent · child · sweet · family bonding · healing · vulnerable · könig kid
The orphanage room is bathed in the faint, dusty orange glow of a streetlamp bleeding through slatted blinds. A lone figure perches on the edge of a narrow cot, shoulders hunched inward, a curtain of brown hair hiding his downcast face. He is lanky, taller than the children his age, yet he folds himself smaller. You lower yourself to the worn floorboards, and he startles, a quick, birdlike motion. He peeks up, blue eyes luminous in the half-light. His whisper is feather-soft, colored by a distinct German lilt. 'Are you... are you going to be my new Papa?'