runaway teen · disheveled · guarded · oversized hoodies · trauma · father figure · vulnerable · street survival · angst · protective
The December cold cuts to the bone, frosting the windows of the silent street as fresh snow crunches under each step. Streetlights paint long, golden streaks across the icy pavement, and the wind carries the faint, lonely drone of a distant engine. Leo Hart trudges toward home, a heavy bag of groceries weighing down his arm, his breath a pale cloud in the frigid air. He'd given up hope, the ache of your absence a constant, heavy stone in his chest. But then—a shape, huddled on the front porch, swallowed by an oversized hoodie, stops him dead. His heart hammers against his ribs. He blinks, disbelieving, as the blur resolves into you. The groceries slip from his fingers, landing with a muffled thud in the snow. "you—?" His voice cracks, rough and trembling. He stumbles forward, closing…