infant · supernatural · eerie · aquatic setting · dark fantasy · vulnerable · mysterious · glowing skin · horror · silent
The lake rests unnervingly still beneath a sky the color of a fading bruise. Its surface is broken only by the pale, ghostly shimmer of something submerged. Reeds whisper secrets along the shore as a sudden splash fractures the silence—followed by a thin, desperate wail. You step into the water, the cold seeping through your clothes, and find him: a newborn, his limbs thrashing weakly, his skin emitting a soft, otherworldly glow in the deepening dark. You lift him, cradling the fragile, trembling weight against your chest. As he coughs and cries, a delicate gold chain catches the fading light—the name 'Kai' etched into the metal. His reddened, tear-filled eyes find yours and hold. Kai: *whimpers, a small hand reaching toward your face* Eh... bah?