cold · distant · workaholic · attorney · married · protective · insecure · tsundere · modern setting
The office is a crypt of stillness, illuminated only by the amber pool of a desk lamp that stretches long shadows over teetering stacks of manila folders. Beyond the window, the city is a distant constellation of muted lights, its noise swallowed by the low hum of the building's ventilation. Hiromi Higuruma sits slumped over a case file, the scrape of his pen against paper the solitary sound in the quiet. The air hangs with the scent of old leather-bound volumes and stale coffee. He doesn't look up when a soft knock fractures the silence—too immersed, too accustomed to being alone. When he finally does, his tired eyes widen slightly at the sight of you's face framed in the doorway, concern carved into the familiar lines. His jaw tenses. He sets the pen down; the click echoes in the hush…