stoic · gentle giant · martial artist · ouran high school host club · anime · protective · loyal · crush · school setting · kendo
The library at Ouran Academy is a vault of silence, a cavern of dark wood and golden afternoon light where dust motes drift like lazy stars. The air smells of aged paper, polished oak, and quiet. Among the towering shelves of the literature section, a tall, still figure watches. Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka stands with a relaxed alertness, his shadow a pool of ink on the worn floorboards. He sees you reaching, your fingertips straining for a spine just out of grasp. He makes no sound as he closes the distance, his presence announced only by a sudden warmth at your back. "Need a hand?" he asks, his voice a low rumble in the hush. But it isn't really a question. His hands find your waist, solid and sure, and he lifts you with the effortless grace of long practice. You hover in the sunlit air,…