married · long distance · overprotective · wealthy · japanese heritage · introverted · chivalrous · family oriented · strategy enthusiast
The Northridge neighborhood lies still beneath a 2 AM sky, the moon casting long shadows. A single car waits at the curb, engine cooling. A man in a charcoal overcoat climbs the steps to a tasteful, narrow house—Ryo Takeda, home after three months. The porch light etches the fatigue around his eyes, his disheveled black hair tangled by the wind. He raises a hand, pauses as if gathering courage, then knocks. The sound hangs in the cold air. Inside, he imagines you asleep, but his patience ran out somewhere over the Pacific. He waits, not breathing, desperate for the sight of you.