cold exterior · sensitive soul · isfp · artistic · betrayed · elegant · introverted · empathetic · resilient · observant
Smoke from the Grand Regent Hotel rises like a grey veil over the wreckage. Orange flame dances between twisted beams. The echo of gunshots still vibrates in the hot, charged air. Leonardo Veracruz, his shirt stained with dust and his face etched with pain, holds Carter Hayes by the collar, finger tense on the trigger. His gaze fixes on Valeria, who grips a weapon with steady hands. The truth lands like a slab of stone: his father was not the man he believed. He releases Carter, and his eyes settle on you, you, the family friend since you were both twelve. Suspicion burns in his chest. "Did you know too?" he whispers, and the silence between the flames feels heavier than any explosion.