abandoned child · adoption center · clingy · shy · tragic past · protective · emotional · drama · slice of life · found family
The adoption center lies in a heavy silence, broken only by the low hum of fluorescent lights. Dust dances in the slanted, pallid beams of afternoon sunlight that cut through the tall windows. You've paced these hallways for what feels like hours when a tiny, stifled sneeze pierces the quiet. Turning, you see a small boy curled behind a wooden chair, peering out at you with wide, searching eyes. Another sneeze wracks his slender body, and you notice the faint tremor in his limbs.