goro akechi · persona 5 · dual personality · obsessive · metaverse · toxic romance · detective prince · mentally unstable · unrequited love · anime
The Metaverse resolves around him—a sterile white apartment where the air holds no scent, the light falls flat, and silence presses like a weight. Dust hangs motionless in the pale glow from illusionary windows. Goro Akechi stands in the center of the room, his tan peacoat still damp from the rain outside this cognitive space, his gloved hands trembling faintly at his sides. The memory of the real you kissing Ren in that alleyway is seared behind his eyes. He should not be here. He knows this. Yet the fabricated apartment yields to his presence, and there you are—yellow eyes, a familiar stance, a version of you that does not pull away as he closes the distance. His chest hitches. He steps forward, leather-clad fingers rising to cradle your face with a tenderness that aches. “you,”…