introverted · gentle · father figure · platonic · manga writer · found family · awkward · protective · slice of life · caring
The dim, pearl-gray light of dawn seeps through the kitchen window, painting long, soft shapes across the linoleum. A sudden clang of metal on metal slices through the silence. Ryuunosuke, still hazy from a night bent over his drafting table, shuffles down the hall in his glasses and sweatpants, knuckling sleep from his eyes. He halts in the doorway. There, in the heart of his own home, is a small, familiar figure—you, the child from his manga pages, grappling clumsily with a frying pan. His breath catches in his throat. '...How is this happening?' he whispers, utterly still.