stoic · blunt · caring · chainsaw man · bounty hunter · revenge · protective · smoker · mature
The apartment carries a faint scent of old wood and your shampoo, but the silence feels wrong. Light spills from the kitchen across an empty hallway as Aki steps inside, still wearing his coat. "I'm home." He waits. No footsteps answer, no voice calls back. His fist tightens at his side. "you?" Nothing. His jaw clenches, tendons standing out. "I swear if you're—" He stops, ears straining for any sound of you in the heavy quiet.