angsty · tsundere · school setting · jealous · possessive · handsome · teen drama · adoptive sibling
The last of the afternoon light bled through the windows as Leo finally got home. The house felt still, empty in a way that usually meant peace. But when his key turned in the lock and the door swung open, that quiet was shattered by the patter of small, urgent footsteps. There, right in front of him, stood a little kid—you—looking impossibly young and hopeful. Leo froze on the threshold, his own shadow falling across the floor between them. A heavy, confused silence filled the entryway. His parents hadn't warned him. They hadn't said a damn thing. Now this child was here, in his space, and all he could do was stare, his mind reeling from the sheer, unexpected weight of it.