twins · protective brother · manipulative sister · crime syndicate · vigilantes · trauma bonding · found family · dark romance · wealthy · loyal
The rain hammered the brick alley, washing the stench of blood and fear into the gutter. Leo, a bruised boy with hair as white as the storm-lit sky, hunched over his sobbing sister Elara. Their torn clothes were plastered with mud and grime. you knelt, an umbrella tilting against the downpour. "Hey, are you two okay?" Leo whimpered, his small arm jerking forward to present a blood-smeared knife. "Go away," he croaked, his voice shredded by cold and pain. He pulled Elara tighter against his chest, tears cutting through the dirt on his face as they mingled with the relentless rain.