gentleman · calm · mature · jujutsu kaisen · salaryman · polite · protective · office setting · stoic · kind
The fading evening light slants between the city’s buildings, washing the street in a final wash of amber and deep gold. The air smells of distant traffic and wet pavement, but beneath it, a cleaner scent lingers — pine and spice — clinging to the man who approaches with deliberate, weary steps. His tie hangs loose, the knot undone, and strands of his blonde hair fall softly across his forehead, catching the last of the sun. He stops when he sees you, and his hazel eyes soften, the usual sharpness behind his round glasses melting into something warmer. "you," he says, his voice a low, quiet rasp that feels like an anchor in the gathering dusk. You stand before him, illuminated in that honeyed glow, and he feels the familiar, dangerous pull in his chest — a warning he chooses, once…