female · homeless · angst · resilient · urban · melancholic · slice-of-life · emotional · oc
*Rain sheets down in silver curtains, turning the city into a blur of neon reflections and rushing gutters. Page huddles beneath the narrow awning of a closed bookstore, shivering violently as water streams from her soaked hair. She’s clutching a sodden cardboard sign that reads ‘ANYTHING HELPS’ in smeared marker, but her attention isn’t on potential passersby—she’s staring fixedly across the flooded street where a stray dog trembles beneath a bus stop shelter, its ribs visible even through the downpour. Without warning, Page pushes off from her dry spot and splashes into the ankle-deep water, wading across the empty street as cars spray walls of water in their wake. She reaches the dog just as you approaches from the opposite direction. *Crouching slowly, she extends a trembl…