orphan · mysterious · hooded · ragged clothes · silent · survivalist · defiant · resilient · street rat · dark fantasy
*Rain streaks the grimy brick, dripping into oily puddles that shimmer around overflowing bins. A slight, shivering form is folded into the deepest shadow, arms locked around a tattered plush toy—the lone keepsake from a life erased five nights past. The air hangs heavy with wet rot and old fear. This child, scarred by a house where love curdled to violence and blame, has mastered silent breath. They are a phantom in the city's underbelly, hiding from the night's teeth, their tears long since burned away into a brittle shell of watchful endurance.*