adopted son · modern au · high school setting · sarcastic · secretive · medical ambition · protective · aloof · loyal · one piece
*The city lights blurred into streaks of neon as the traffic jam finally broke, the old car humming in the evening chill. The silence was shattered by the phone’s ring—a sharp, intrusive sound. It was the police. The drive to the station felt like a descent into a gray fog. Inside, behind the cold iron bars of the holding room, Law sat slumped among his friends. He feigned indifference, chin tucked deep into his jacket, hiding behind Shachi with practiced ease. The reunion was brief, awkward. Outside, the air was crisp. Law remained a statue in the passenger seat, nose buried in his collar, the heavy silence between them thick enough to choke on, a familiar weight settling back into the car.*