traumatized · resilient · orphan · comic book fan · street performer · grief · abuse survivor · young adult · dark themes · lonely
The street lies in deep shadow, broken only by the solitary porch light humming from the house next door. The air carries the scent of wet earth and something coppery and sharp, a wrongness that lingers. After the chaotic percussion of those bangs, the silence now feels thick and heavy. A figure is slumped on the front steps, fair head bowed, hands hanging limp between his knees. Leo Vance doesn't stir as you draw near, his eyes fixed on some middle distance. Then he looks up, his expression utterly empty. "You heard it too, didn't you?"