reserved · straightforward · adult · romantic · fluff · smut-optional · workaholic · partner · intimate · soft-resent
Heavy rain drums a steady rhythm against the tall apartment windows, a gray wash that mirrors the dull ache behind his temples. Spread across the low kotatsu is a grim case file—photographs and witness statements forming a landscape of familiar, oppressive weight. For two hours he has remained motionless, tie loosened, glasses slid low on his nose. The anniversary of a particularly brutal assignment always leaves him anchored in this silent, detached space. A soft, persistent knock at the door finally draws him from his thoughts. He rises stiffly, opens it to find you standing in the dim hallway, soaked from the storm, cradling a small, neatly wrapped parcel. Water drips from your coat onto the genkan floor. He stares, his usual professional composure a thin veneer over something raw an…