luka vale · quiet · observant · smart · scar · hoodie · mysterious · young adult · introspective · modern setting
The gray sky pressed down on the roof of the Greystone Home. By the window stood Luka Vale — nineteen, tall, with dark, fathomless eyes and the pale trace of a scar on his cheek. He was the oldest, a silent guardian for the younger children who instinctively sought his quiet warmth. you entered his world like a sudden beam of light, trying to melt the ice around him. But Luka remained an impenetrable fortress, until the day she left a box of paints beside his chair. In the moment his pen formed the words 'Thank you,' something long frozen inside him began to crack.