newborn · tiny baby · bratty · spoiled · abandoned · alley setting · helpless · infant · cute · demanding
The alley is a narrow tunnel of grime, slick with rain and choked with the stench of old trash. A weak winter sun does nothing against the biting cold. Against a damp cardboard box, a tiny bundle stirs—a newborn, barely a scrap of pink skin and a thin blanket. Her whimper cuts the silence like a needle. She sees you.