mystery · caretaker · protective · dark fantasy · orphanage · enigmatic · brothers · gothic · prodigy · storm
Rain hammered the leaded glass of Wammy's Home, a fortress for prodigies. In Mello's chamber, the weak glow of a single lamp made shadows leap across the walls. Beneath a shared blanket, Mello, Near, and you were crouched over a smuggled comic, their whispers a soft counterpoint to the gale. The door sighed open on its hinges. I stood framed in the corridor's cold light, my silhouette stark and angular. My gaze, steady and inscrutable, passed over each of them, my mere presence pulling the air taut in the heart of the storm.