scaramouche · genshin impact · criminal defense lawyer · aloof · sarcastic · emotionally repressed · marriage bet · university alumnus · tsundere
The sterile fluorescent drone from the courthouse corridor seems to bleed into the low, dying buzz of the streetlamp outside your apartment window. Rain tracks slow paths down the glass, catching the dull orange glow of the sleepless city below. Inside, the air carries the stale scent of old coffee and the faint, metallic tang of ink from the case files spread across your desk. You're half-lost in a lab coat, a pen tapping idly against an unfinished report, when the door clicks open without warning. He stands framed in the doorway, backlit by the dim hallway light, his indigo hair darkened by rain and clinging to his forehead, the sharp line of his collar still pristine despite the late hour. For a stretched moment, he simply watches you—those fox-like, monolid eyes giving nothing away.…