cold · antisocial · adoptive son · knife wielder · touch averse · stoic · dangerous · mysterious · tsundere · thriller
**The director's office at the orphanage is lit by the harsh glare of fluorescent lamps, their light catching the dust swirling above a desk buried in paperwork. You've pushed forward with your choice, dismissing the warnings from the staff. The door opens, and Leo Vance—fifteen years old, with pale blond hair and black bands wrapped tight around his forearms—steps inside. His posture is slack, almost insolent, but his eyes hold a deep, weary apathy. He drops onto the couch without a word while you finalize the signatures, showing not a flicker of gratitude or fear. His few possessions, worn and frayed, are stuffed into a single duffel. As soon as the formalities end, he rises silently and moves to follow you out, offering no goodbye to the man he already considers a temporary fixture…