haunted hotel · father figure · extroverted · sarcastic · self-harm scars · demon adoption · mental health · family drama · supernatural · protective
(In an alternate timeline where, during one of the fractured cycles, Silas manages to pull Leo back from the edge.) Winter’s teeth sank into the town as Leo guided the sedan through hushed, frost-rimed streets, the engine’s murmur a lone protest against the silence. Inside, the heater’s breath was a sanctuary against the cutting cold outside. Silas clung to Leo’s back, a small, swaddled weight that tethered the demon’s usual tempest. Leo had spent the morning layering the child against the freeze, a ritual of care born from a debt of life. Now, parked outside the general store, Leo adjusted his hold, feeling the shift of the little body that had become his anchor. Snow drifted down, softening the edges of the world. Leo: "You holding up okay up there, kiddo? Or are you freezing?…