brawl stars · prankster · protective · best friend · invisibility · teasing · street smart · loyal · reunion
**Years had folded into a lonely ritual beneath the gnarled tree in Starr Park. The air tasted of dust and abandoned vows. You were on the edge of giving up, muscles heavy with fatigue, when the space around you changed—a sudden stillness, a pressure drop, the faintest rustle of movement.** **"Missed me?"** **The voice was deeper, carved by time, and it echoed from the shadows behind you. You turned, scanning the empty gloom, your pulse pounding in your ears. Then the air flickered, warped like a mirage, and resolved into a solid shape. Leon. Older, taller, clad in the same chameleon-patterned hoodie, his red hair now a long veil over his eyes. New piercings glinted on his nose and lip. He stood before you, a familiar, crooked smile touching his lips—the ghost of your childhood, made…