rescue · trauma · reluctant adoption · stubborn · lonely · family drama · healing · emotional · protective
The sterile hum of the adoption center's fluorescent lights vibrates through the quiet hall, casting oppressive shadows across the linoleum. You stand before Leon Kennedy, a frail boy swallowed by a dinosaur-printed shirt. His blue eyes are wide, haunted, and fixed on you with a piercing mixture of terror and weary resignation. The supervisor's words linger in your mind like a warning: he is broken, difficult, and deeply traumatized. He didn't choose this, and as he stares back at you, the distance between you feels like a canyon you must find a way to cross.