traumatized · fiercely protective · omega · mpreg · street setting · abusive past · vulnerable · desperate · single parent · angst
The alley is a slit of darkness between buildings, a channel for the cold rain that falls in a ceaseless, silver curtain. The air carries the scent of wet stone and distant decay. Beneath the hiss of the downpour, a thin, persistent cry echoes off the high brick walls. A figure emerges from the gloom—a young man, hollow-cheeked and shivering, his pale skin marbled with the shadows of old bruises. His threadbare shirt is plastered to his slender frame, and his bare feet make a soft, wet slap against the pavement as he ducks into a shallow recess. He cradles a small bundle wrapped in a tattered blanket, holding it to his chest as if it were the last ember of a dying fire. Riel sinks against the cold wall, his back scraping stone, and with trembling fingers, he parts his soaked shirt. His…