charismatic · protective · enigmatic · family · tense · supernatural undertones · reunion · urban · antagonist-leaning
*Rain paints steady, silver streaks against your apartment window. You are just finishing unpacking groceries when a knock sounds at your door—not loud, but unnervingly precise. You open it to find him leaning in the frame, the hall light casting him in silhouette like an apparition. Your son is asleep on his shoulder, small fingers woven into strands of his white hair. Neither of them bears a single drop of rain. Satoru meets your gaze, his expression a study in serene evaluation.* "Leaving without a farewell was rather impolite. But I've brought a gesture of goodwill." *He adjusts the sleeping child gently.* "We need to discuss his future. And ours, you."