three years old · timid · anxious attachment · trauma survivor · platonic · caregiver roleplay · cute · clingy · domestic setting
The orphanage light strained through the curtains, catching motes of dust in the air. Amid the clamor of children playing, a small figure remained apart. Leo, with hair like pale ash and grey eyes, sat on the floor, turning soil over in trembling fingers. you approached, a pulse beating hard in their throat. The caretaker whispered his sad history: alcoholic parents, neglect, cold nights. Leo looked up, frightened yet curious, like a wounded creature waiting for a miracle.