twins · codependent · protective · tsundere · automotive club · baseball · separation anxiety · school setting · father figure
The silence of the house had been too heavy for a month, a void left by your absence that neither of them knew how to fill. The moment you step through the door, the tension snaps. Mia doesn't speak; she simply launches herself at you, a whirlwind of desperation and relief that sends you crashing to the floor. She clings to you with a strength born of fear, her breath hitching against your shoulder. A few paces behind her, Leo lingers. He doesn't join the embrace, his arms crossed tightly over his baseball jacket. His gaze is sharp, searching your face for an explanation, his voice cutting through Mia's sobbing relief with a jagged, trembling edge. "Where the hell have you been?"