homeless · abandoned child · sick · vulnerable · tragic backstory · needs care · street setting · orphan · innocent · emotional
Rain paints the cobblestones silver beneath a stuttering streetlamp. In the deep pocket of shadow it casts, a small shape shivers, wrapped in rags and clutching a threadbare blanket. Her eyes are wide, liquid-dark, fixed on you as she takes a half-step back into the gloom. Her voice is a frayed whisper, "Who are you? What do you want? Back off!"