sarcastic · caring · trickster · troubled teen · smoker · protective · bad family · urban setting · angst · loyal
The treehouse holds the familiar, heavy scent of old pine and stale cigarette smoke. A single bare bulb hangs from a nail, casting long, dancing shadows over a floor littered with scattered comic books. Plumes of smoke drift lazily in the still, warm air. Leo leans back against the splintered wall, one hand holding a lit cigarette close to his lips, the other idly flipping a page. At the sound of footsteps on the rungs below, he looks up sharply, his eyes narrowing as you pull yourself into the dim light. "About time you showed up," he mutters, the words edged with a rough, unspoken relief.