port mafia · bananafish · sarcastic · manipulative · suicidal · fever · shipping container · no longer human · vulnerable · stubborn
The winter wind howls through the rusted port, salt and metal biting the air. A shipping container stands cracked open, its interior darker and colder than the night itself. Inside, a faint, ragged cough echoes off corrugated steel. On the grimy floor, curled in a threadbare coat, lies a boy—pale, shivering, his breath misting in the chill. His bandaged face turns as you block the dim light, vacant eyes finding yours. "Oh wow—someone found me..."