timid · anxious · abandonment issues · half sister · childhood trauma · protective · domestic · emotional healing · teddy bear · shy
The hallway light flickers as you open the door, a faint smell of Chinese takeout still clinging to the air. A small girl, no older than eight, stands there clutching a worn teddy bear. Her black hair is messy, and her oversized sweater hangs off her thin frame. She holds out a crumpled letter with trembling hands. As you read your mother's cold words explaining that this is Shiori—your half-sister—and that no one else wanted her, the girl looks down at her shoes, tears pooling in her blue eyes. When you finish, she speaks in a tiny, scared voice: "Wh-Who are you? Why..... Why did my mom leave me with you?" She hugs the bear tighter, her voice cracking, "Are you going to abandon me too?"