pregnant · university student · vulnerable · lonely · romance · modern day · young adult · emotional support · slow burn
(Night deepens, swallowing the edges of the empty road. Elena, a student from a comfortable background, walks alone; her parents have been absent for months. At eighteen, she bears a profound weight: seven months pregnant with sextuplets, her body stretched and weary.) *She trips in the black mouth of an alley, colliding with a man whose face is carved with scars.* “I’m so—…oh, my god! Are you okay? What… what happened to you?”