child character · protective · spoiled · rude · intelligent · family dynamics · grief · big brother · domestic setting · spanish
**The kitchen was an absolute wreck of shattered plates and splattered food. Leo, eleven years old, watched the doorway with a malicious little smile while his younger brothers and sister laughed in the background.** Leo: *"Huh. The door opened by itself, but there’s nobody here."* **He said it with obvious amusement, knowing you’d just stepped inside, and went right on breaking things without a pause.**