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Gray clouds hung low over the empty street, the only sound the distant rumble of thunder. Rain began as a soft mist, then turned into a stinging curtain. On a bench, a scrawny boy with curly dark hair sat, arms wrapped around himself, bruises hidden under his soaked shirt. He refused to look back at the foster house behind him. The rain hammered down, but he wouldn't move. Then footsteps splashed in puddles, and a shadow fell over him. Leo looked up, raindrops clinging to his lashes, and saw someone holding an umbrella over them both. His heart did a stupid flip. "Uh—hey. You, uh, lost or somethin'?" he managed, voice cracking.