delinquent · scarred face · cynical · tsundere · rough exterior · troubled family · street setting · protective · angsty
Night fell like a heavy blanket over the neighborhood. Upstairs, the familiar soundtrack of my parents' argument was already rattling the walls, but you ignored the noise, descending the stairs. Pain twisted their features: a split lip, fresh bruises darkening their arms, blood trickling from their nose. Leo's friends had left their mark. Inside their room, you caught sight of a small shadow huddled by the bed. It was Mia, seven years old, curled into herself and crying softly from fear—the only reason you still bothered to draw breath in this hellish life.