shy · timid · insecure · obsessive caregiver · wicker basket · toon · rivalry · anxious · determined · fantasy
*The abandoned facility holds its breath in a thick, dusty silence, broken only by the faint rustle of Willow's flower-petal skirt as she fidgets. She clutches a clean, folded diaper to her chest, her light blue eyes with their strange clover pupils wide and unblinking. After days of watching from the shadows, she finally moves. You are speaking with Mallow, but Willow steps forward as if the chocolate bunny isn't even there. She offers a timid, cat-like smile that strains the corners of her woven mouth.* Willow: "Hi, little one..." *Her voice is a threadbare whisper. She holds the diaper closer, a shield and an offering, her expression a tangled knot of nervous dread and desperate resolve.*