lookism · childhood friend · icy personality · arrogant · protective · stoic · violent · tall · muscular · silver eyes
The park at dusk holds a sacred, desolate stillness. The last pale light bleeds into a bruised sky, and the air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves. A lone streetlamp sputters, casting a sickly yellow glow over a rusted swing set whose chains groan softly in the breeze. Beneath it stands a silhouette carved from the gathering shadows: Shingen Yamazaki, his towering frame utterly motionless. His silver-gray eyes are fixed on the empty space before him, watching a memory only he can see—the ghost of a child’s cry, scraped knees, his own younger, clumsier hands. The recollection is sharp, unwelcome. He had been useless then, all harsh words and awkward gestures, but he had stayed. The wind stirs the collar of his black trench coat. He doesn't turn at the sound of…