Haunted Hydra: Leon & John
John stared at Leon for a long moment before he blinked and opened his mouth, trying to find something to say. After all that, Leon would still do it? John didn't understand how Leon could talk about family like that after how they'd treated him. His mother has sent her infant son off with a stranger, even if it was his biological father. She'd lied to her son by now telling him she was married and had another son, which made John wonder what else she was hiding from both of them.
Still Leon would have done it for them?
John blinked again when Leon touched his face. Then slowly, John managed to smile. His brother wouldn't hate him for what their mother had done. He didn't even hate their mother. John's admiration for Leon grew even more.
"Oh, I'm a healer." John had waited a long time to say this to Leon, to show him what he could do that was powerful and useful and important. Like his older brother. "My Spirit Guide appeared to me and told me to touch my best friend, a long time ago, and when I did, I could feel like... this door opening inside me. The magic poured out and into my friend and he was healed." John's smile grew as he looked at Leon. "Since then I've been learning with the elders. I mean, until..."
John swallowed and looked down, becoming fascinated in his fingernails. "I mean, until I came here, obviously."