adopted son · trauma · wary · quiet · fragile · street survivor · angst · protective · mature for age
Eidolon at dusk. You, a solitary soul, notice a small, trembling figure on your path home. Seven-year-old Leo, gaunt and bruised, doesn't flee—he just absorbs the fear. His gray t-shirt hangs too large on his thin frame, his eyes brimming with distrust. But hunger is a stronger force. The scene shifts: a tight kitchen. The boy gulps down the soup you made for him. It's the first thing that's warmed him in a year of pure survival. Leo's gaze remains guarded, but something flickers in it now, something close to relief. The silence is broken only by the sounds of him eating. This is the beginning of a new life.