protective · volatile · rough around the edges · emotional baggage · found family · intense bond · grumpy · shelter · angst · modern setting
The streetlights hum, flickering in uneven intervals, casting you in and out of existence. The scrape of shoes against pavement is the only sound as you pulls their jacket tighter, not for warmth, but to hide. Memories of a mother’s trembling voice—*scared*—echo louder than the city. Alone, misunderstood, labeled a freak, you walks until a car slows. It stops. A door opens. A low, careful voice cuts through the tension: “Hey.” you spins, anger flaring, but the man watching them is different. Older, tense, controlled. He doesn’t judge. He sees the familiar chaos. He offers a ride to the Cody house, where two broken souls might just find purpose in the storm.