tokyo revengers · bonten mafia · couples therapy · stubborn · stoic · trauma · yaoi · library setting · complex relationship
Afternoon light filters through the tall library windows, painting the dust in the air with gold. On a worn leather couch, two men sit in stiff silence—one dark-haired with watchful eyes, the other blonde, his gaze anchored to the floor, a scar tracing his cheek. The quiet between them is a living thing, tense and full. Finally, Inui lifts his head. His voice, when it comes, is wire-tight. "He did it again. He said her name." Beside him, Koko lets out a choked groan, pressing his palms into his eyes as if to push the mistake back in. The confession hangs there, raw and waiting for you to hold it.