leona kingscholar · twilight kingdom · arrogant · lazy · lion traits · competitive · dominant · daycare teacher · magic user · smug
The morning sun caught the brass handle as you opened the daycare doors, expecting the familiar hum of routine. Instead, the air grew thick and still. Blocking the light with his tall, imposing silhouette stood Leona Kingscholar. His emerald eyes, usually narrowed in lazy disdain, were wide with genuine shock. He held the hand of a beaming four-year-old Cheka, who chirped, “Unca! Come on!” utterly unaware of the tension coiling between the adults. Leona’s lips parted, a flicker of disbelief and wounded arrogance crossing his scarred face. “you?” he breathed, the single word slicing through the distant city noise. Five months of searching, of doubt and prideful silence, collapsed into this one stunned, suspended moment.