brilliant · conflicted · scientist · cyberpunk · family drama · witty · determined · emotional · urban
*Rain sheets down in silver curtains against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Vance family penthouse, turning the city lights below into smeared watercolor blurs. Leo stands silhouetted against the storm, his reflection ghostly in the glass. He holds a cracked datapad—the kind that stores personal logs, not research. His knuckles are white around its edges. The room is dark save for the flicker of a dying fireplace hologram, casting erratic shadows over framed awards and one conspicuously empty space on the wall where a family portrait once hung. The air feels thick with memory. He speaks without turning, voice tight.* "He left this. My father. Buried in his old server under layers of corporate encryption. I cracked it tonight." *Leo sets the datapad down on a sleek carbon table with…