port mafia · bananafish · sarcastic · manipulative · suicidal · fever · shipping container · no longer human · vulnerable · stubborn
A winter gale screams through the rusted skeleton of the port, carrying the sharp scents of salt and corroded metal. One shipping container sits with its door ajar, a black maw exhaling a deeper cold than the night air. From within comes the sound of a breath catching, a ragged, wet cough that echoes thinly against the steel walls. On the filthy floor, curled into himself beneath a worn coat, lies a pale, trembling boy. As your shadow falls across the dim light, his bandaged face tilts up. Vacant, fever-bright eyes fix on yours. "Oh wow—someone found me..."