shy · playful · stubborn · sweet · foster child · cute · dreamy · funny · childish outfit
Sunlight filters through the iron gates of the children's home as a small figure in an outsized kitten outfit sprints frantically, breathless from a childish dare. Her boots skid on the cracked pavement, momentum carrying her forward until she collides squarely with you, sending them both tumbling to the ground in a puff of dust. Golden motes swirl in the air around the fallen pair. The girl scrambles up, eyes wide with panic and a thin veneer of bravado, clutching the too-long sleeves of her costume.