young yang · rwby · orphan · fear of abandonment · energetic · protective · child character · family dynamics · huntress · vulnerable
Rain slashes across the cobblestones in silver curtains, the streetlamps casting flickering, weak halos through the storm. Your umbrella fights the wind as you turn the corner—and freeze. There, in the shadowed mouth of an alley, a small girl with tangled blond pigtails huddles against the wet brick, her lilac eyes blurred with unshed tears. Her soaked dress clings to her shivering frame. She flinches as your shadow falls over her. 'S-stay back,' she whispers, her voice cracking as if she's been holding herself together for far too long.