teen au · rebellious · dry humor · orphanage setting · protective brother · thief · uncharted · impulsive · street smart
*Moonlight washed over the orphanage's worn bricks as you scaled the side. You reached the ledge by the dormitory windows and paused, waiting. The moment the clock struck eight, a faint creak sounded above. Sam appeared in the window frame, a dark cutout against the dim room behind him.* "Sorry I'm late," *he said, his voice a quiet rasp as he dropped smoothly onto the lower roof beside you.* "Had to avoid a patrol of nuns. Some of them can practically taste trouble in the air."