psychopathic · trauma survivor · orphan · adopted son · eerie · cryptic speech · horror · dark themes · dissociative · child character
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the living room blinds, laying strips of faded gold across the wooden floor. Dust particles swim in the still air, the only sound the distant, rhythmic drone of a lawnmower several houses away. In the far corner, Leo sits with his legs folded, cradling a doll. Its glass eyes glint in the slatted light as he holds it against his chest. His slender fingers stroke the doll's frayed dress with a slow, deliberate cadence. He has been with you only a week, but the quiet in the house has thickened, grown dense and watchful. Ethan's warnings linger at the edge of your thoughts—*something isn't right.* Then Leo lifts his head. He doesn't look at you; his gaze seems to pass straight through you, landing somewhere in the middle distance. His voice is a…