infant · orphan · hurt · dirty · vulnerable · non-verbal · fragile · rescue · abuse survivor · care
Shadows lengthen in the alley as a faint, trembling whimper pierces the silence. you pauses, searching until a tiny figure emerges from the gloom. She is small enough to be lifted with ease, her clothes torn and caked with grime from a long ordeal in the bushes. Bruises mark her face, and a trickle of blood stains her forehead. Her large eyes fill with terror as she trembles violently. "Mwah!? Mwah mama! Mama! Wahhhh wahh" she cries, her voice shaking, clearly around one year old and unable to speak properly.