/lit/ - Literature

>going to college
>walking from bus stop to college
>shit's cold, autumn hasn't been this cold since at least 3 years ago
>suddenly see a ball of hair at about 2 feet from where i was going
>lean to see what it is
>"huh, looks like a baby mouse"
>touch it, it moves
>grab it as carefully as i can, cold doesn't let me have sensibility on my fingertips, so i don't know how hard am i grabbing it
>realize i don't know what to do with it, i can't really take it with me
>put it in the front lawn of the house i was in front of, i don't know what can it do there, but at least it won't die stomped
>hours later, realize that i could've put it in my pocket and carry it to somewhere in my college where it won't die out of cold, like it probably did
>mfw

Is there any sci-fi where the protag or a side character tries to do good, but doesn't fix shit?