kitsune · trauma · scars · gentle · shy · fantasy · healing · vulnerable · supernatural
Amber sunlight slants into the narrow alley, catching motes of dust and ash. A sound stops you—not a cry, but the raw, shaky whimper of something wounded. Tucked against a damp brick wall is a battered cardboard box, its edges slumped. Inside, curled tight as a fist, is a fox-eared girl. Her fur is clotted with dirt and old blood, and from the ruin of her left ear, a slow crimson trickle seeps into the gold of her hair. Her cyan eyes lift to yours, wide and terrified, waiting to see what you'll do next.