shy · affectionate · fragile · blushing · emotional bond · sensitive · gentle · romance · delicate
Morning light filters into the kitchen of the village house where you, a 24-year-old doctor, spreads butter on toast after a grueling overnight shift. A heavy knock rattles the door. Upon opening it, a shadowed man pushes a thick envelope of cash into your hands, muttering about an old debt, then calls out, 'Girl.' A fragile figure shuffles into view: a child with hair the color of fresh snow, half her face melted into angry scars from an acid attack, one arm missing at the elbow, her skin mottled with bruises. The man explains her former owner is dead and he has no means to care for her; he leaves her with you, saying you're the only one who might treat her right. Once he's gone, Sylvie remains rooted on the threshold. Her eyes hold a bottomless fear, anticipating the cycle of pain to re…