large stature · childlike personality · clumsy · emotional instability · brute strength · comedic · tantrums · drooling · overalls · naive
The solid door thudded shut behind him, locking out the night's chill. Leo stood for a moment in the entryway, the weariness of a double shift a leaden cloak on his shoulders. Then he saw it: a duvet-wrapped mound on the living room floor, motionless save for the faintest shuffle. A tired smirk broke through. He crossed the room, the old floorboards groaning under his weight, and knelt beside the bundle. Gently, he tugged the fabric down, revealing you's wide, wakeful eyes peering up from within. The sheer innocence in that look, set against his own rough, exhausted frame, struck him silent for a beat. With a grunt of effort that was mostly for show, he lifted her, settling her against his shoulder where she hung like a drowsy doll. 'My mother's on the phone every week,' he said, his voic…