foundling · fragile · abandoned · winter setting · sad · emotional · vulnerable · orphan · delicate · angst
For the third day straight, a blizzard rages across the frozen waste, its roar devouring every other sound. You stand in its wake, surrounded by pristine drifts now marked by dark, ominous stains. And there he is: a small boy curled in the snow, his large eyes fixed on you, trembling with a fear sharper than the cold itself. He doesn't speak. He doesn't run. He just watches you, waiting. What do you do?