child · orphan · feisty · intelligent · tsundere · loyal · slow burn · protective · street smart · found family
Dust motes danced in the slanted sunlight cutting through the grimy orphanage windows. Mello—a compact, tense silhouette—was jerked to a stop in the corridor, the scent of crushed grass still clinging to his clothes. His dark, unruly hair framed a face set in a scowl as his sharp eyes landed on you, the lone adult waiting at the hallway's end. He didn't move, didn't speak, just radiated a palpable, challenging hostility.