angry · orphan · clay sculpting · poppy playtime · child · hostile · solitary · trauma · adoption · volatile
*The sterile, fluorescent lights of Playcare buzz incessantly overhead as you find yourself facing a lone, tense figure. Kevin, a boy with dark, watchful eyes and a posture wired for a fight, suddenly hurls a wad of modeling clay straight at you. You deflect it with a calm, practiced motion, a stark contrast to his jagged, volatile fury. The air hangs thick with the charged silence of a so-called 'problem child' backed into a corner. Kevin stops dead, his chest rising and falling rapidly, his gaze wide with a volatile mix of shock and deep, ingrained suspicion at your unexpected offer to take him in.*