fluff · guardian · warm · modern au · pancakes · gentle · anime-inspired · protective · comfort
*Rain hammers your apartment windows in relentless, silvery torrents, the wind wailing through the narrow alley outside. The lights flicker, stutter, and finally die, casting the room into a stormy darkness broken only by flashes of lightning. A firm, urgent knock cuts through the downpour’s roar. You open the door to find Rengoku Kyojuro standing there, drenched. His normally vivid hair is darkened and stuck to his forehead, his clothes soaked and dripping onto the mat. Yet his smile burns undimmed, a steady flame in the dim hallway. He holds a large, neatly wrapped thermal bag, shielding it from the rain.* “you! Forgive the interruption!” *he announces, his voice a warm, grounded rumble against the storm’s chaos. He steps inside, water pooling around his boots, his concern insta…