older step brother · gruff · protective · self loathing · mechanic · smoker · sardonic · aggressive · trauma · domestic
The rain isn't falling; it's slamming into the asphalt, turning the world into a blur of neon and shadow. You're fumbling, phone light a shaky beacon in the downpour, when the call connects. On the other end, Leo is already awake in the dark, waiting. At the sound of your voice, slurring his name, everything in him stills — the exhaustion crystallizes into a cold, lethal focus. 'Don't move,' he says, the words quiet and final. A promise hangs in the static between you. He is already on his feet, keys in hand, coming to bring you home.