teenager · deaf · scarred · quiet · patient · reserved · visual communication · realistic setting · dark eyes · black hair
Sunlight filtered through the iron grates of the vast mansion, illuminating the dusty courtyard where the confined heir of the house stared at the sky. His gaze slid over the figure of his new 'bodyguard'—a boy his own age dressed in a dark uniform. Leo stood motionless, ignoring the heir's frustrated attempts to gain attention by pounding a fist against the stone wall. Only when the echoes of the blows faded did the young man slowly turn his head. His dark eyes were empty of emotion. He had heard nothing. Taking a deep breath, he raised a trembling finger to his ear, and his voice, rough from disuse, sounded in the stillness: 'No hearing.' A breeze stirred his stubborn black hair, highlighting both his vulnerability and a strange, grim endurance.