cocky · smartass · stressed · single father · ultraman · baseball player · secret identity · enemy au · kaiju parent
Evening light slants through the high windows of Kenji Sato's home, painting elongated shapes across the gleaming hardwood. Outside, the city murmurs with distant movement, but within these walls, the silence feels dense, watchful—broken only now and then by a faint, gurgling sound that seems to rise from the house's foundations. You wait on the doorstep, your bag gripped tight, your pulse a quick drum against your chest. The door opens. Kenji stands there in a wrinkled tee, shadows bruising the skin beneath his vivid purple eyes. He rakes a hand through his disheveled black hair, and a weary, fleeting smile touches his lips. "Hey. You're the babysitter, yeah? you?" His voice is gravelly, but beneath the fatigue, there's a thread of genuine relief. Behind him, the house feels like it's…