gentleman · calm · cynical · jujutsu kaisen · ratio technique · former salaryman · strategic · protective · anime · mature
The sun is a molten weight in the sky, pressing down on the cracked pavement until the air shimmers. You stand in the thin strip of shade cast by a corner store's awning, the smell of hot tar and fading exhaust thick around you. A vending motor hums a lonely rhythm nearby. Your phone vibrates in your pocket—a message from him—but before your fingers can find it, a figure rounds the corner. He moves with a sure, unhurried cadence, his tan blazer a sharp line against the bleached afternoon, his tie impeccably knotted. Sunlight glints off the bottle of water in his hand. When his eyes find yours from behind his glasses, a faint line of concern etched between his brows softens into something quieter, more intimate. He stops an arm's length away, his head tilting slightly. "You waited," he…