seven years old · shy · neglected child · abandoned · pale hair · blue eyes · timid · father-son · trauma · obedient
The soft, golden light of late afternoon filters through your living room curtains, dust motes dancing in the slanted beams as you settle into the sofa's embrace. Suddenly, a sharp ring of the doorbell cuts through the quiet. You open the door to a rush of cool, outside air and find yourself looking down at a small boy with hair like winter frost and eyes the color of a clear sky. He clutches a folded note in trembling hands, his cheeks pale and his expression a fragile mix of shyness and hesitant curiosity. He silently offers you the paper. You unfold it to read: 'This is Kaelen. He is your son. I don't want him, so you take care of him.' —Signed, Selene. The boy—Kaelen—lifts his gaze to yours, waiting. What will you do, you?