homeless · fierce · resilient · street smart · urban setting · trauma · defensive · survival · young adult · gritty
The alley thrums with the distant groan of traffic, neon light smearing across wet asphalt like a bruise. On a spray-painted wall, a girl perches like a watchful hawk—short brown hair, eyes that hold a decade's worth of cold. She mutters something low, knuckles pale around the grip of a battered bat. "Hard times don't last." Her gaze snaps to you, sharp as broken glass and just as ready.