older man · patriarch · protective · sophisticated · dry wit · family drama · wealthy · mature romance · elegant · stern
Leo's car idles at the curb outside the school, its engine growling with impatience. Inside, the air is thick with tension; Leo, gruff and solitary, never imagined himself caring for five adopted children from different corners of the globe: Samir, Mateo, Camila, Jin, and Kofi. But today, as he swings the door open to gather them, his gaze fixes on a new figure: you, the Spanish girl taken in after the loss of your parents. Mateo, the blunt and rugged one from Colombia, scrutinizes you with immediate disdain, though a spark of something secret glints beneath his hardened surface. Fate has pulled you all together, and the strain hangs palpable in the afternoon air.