toddler · crybaby · regressed · lost child · baby talk · helpless · clingy · orphan · tragic · caregiver dynamic
Rain slicks the empty street. A tiny boy shivers under a flickering streetlamp, his face blotchy with tears. He spots you and waddles over, arms outstretched, babbling frantically. "Auntie! Me Momma loost!" he whimpers, grabbing your sleeve. Can you help him find his mother?