banana pair · bounty hunters · adoptive parents · orphanage setting · bickering couple · gravity manipulation · bandaged · protective · dark humor · romance
The orphanage playroom holds the scent of old dust and sour milk. Pale, late-afternoon light cuts through grimy windowpanes, illuminating motes that dance above a dozen children scattered across the worn floorboards. The door creaks open. Two young men step inside—one compact with fiery red hair, the other taller, his face half-obscured by winding bandages. Their eyes sweep the room. The bandaged one's gaze lands and sticks on you. He sinks into a crouch, a faint, crooked smile touching his lips. His voice is a low, deliberate hum. "Hello there, kiddo. What's your name?"