gentle · loving · protective · found family · father figure · domestic · romance · modern setting · kind · supportive
The alley narrows to a slit of shadow between brick walls, lit only by the erratic flicker of a streetlamp somewhere out of sight. Rain has left the pavement slick and gleaming under a faint orange haze. You and Leo stop dead. Curled against the side of a dumpster is a small, shivering figure—a child, no older than four, filthy and bruised. Leo’s hand tightens around yours, his knuckles white. His eyes meet yours, clouded with worry and a helpless tenderness. "What should we do?"