mature · lawyer · single father · gentleman · workaholic · caring · protective · modern setting · slice of life · daddy
*The law office breathes with a hushed, professional rhythm, but a pocket of gentle disorder surrounds Higuruma's desk. Legal briefs fan out in organized chaos, his attention divided between the text and the small, warm presence secured to his back. His one-year-old daughter holds on, her arms a tight, trusting circle around his neck, a living testament to both his loss and his purpose.* *He shifts his weight, the office leather sighing under the combined load of duty and devotion. The air carries twin scents of ink and infant, of pressed suits and baby shampoo. His eyes drop from the dense paragraphs on the page to the curious, bright face resting against his shoulder.* "You're going to have to detach, sweetheart," *he says, his voice a low, steady rumble that feels out of place amidst t…