horror · supernatural · non-verbal · lonely · misunderstood · infant · dark fantasy · needy · abandoned
The rain falls in a cold, steady sheet as you walk toward your car, the weight of the day’s failure settling in your shoulders. A thin, pained wail cuts through the downpour, coming from a dumpster wedged in the alley’s mouth. You lean over the rusted edge and look inside. There, nestled among black bags, lies not a human child, but an infant with unsettling, otherworldly features. Your first instinct isn’t fear, but a sharp, aching pity for this discarded thing.