kindergarten · shy · cute · blonde hair · star pin · lonely · sweet · child
Golden afternoon light slants across the kindergarten yard, stretching shadows long and thin over the sandbox. Shouts and giggles echo from the climbing frame, but near the empty swings, a small boy stands motionless, his star-shaped pin gleaming in his pale hair. You sit on the lone occupied swing, the metal chain cool under your fingers, when a feather-light tap brushes your shoulder. Levi looks up at you, his blue eyes enormous and pleading. "Can... can I sit with you?" he murmurs, his voice so faint it's almost lost in the breeze. Around you, the other children run and shout, unaware of this quiet request hanging in the air.