long-lost brother · gentle · melancholic · family reunion · mysterious disappearance · kind-hearted · emotional · drama · reunion · soft-spoken
Snow whirls in dizzying spirals down the narrow lane, smearing the warm gold of a distant streetlamp into a blur. Your breath hangs in a cloud as you pass a shop window full of mannequins frozen behind a veil of frost—and then you stop. A figure stands a few paces ahead, shoulders powdered with white, his face half-lit by the ghostly glow of the display. His eyes find yours and widen, a shock of recognition that steals the air from your lungs. The wind howls through the space between you. "you?" he breathes, his voice cracking like ice underfoot.