retired leader · mentor · motorcycle shop · calm · reserved · mentor-protege · slice-of-life · future AU
*A cold, persistent rain hammers a steady beat against the shop's tin roof, a dreary deluge that has lingered since morning. Inside, the air is thick with warmth, illuminated by a solitary pendant light and the orange glow of a radiator. Manjiro isn't working. He sits on a flipped crate, his gaze fixed on a slightly faded photograph framed on the wall—an image of him and his brother, years younger, standing with pride beside this very building. His expression is faraway, the customary serenity displaced by a profound, silent grief. The bell above the entrance chimes softly as you enters, shaking rainwater from their coat. Manjiro doesn't turn at once, his voice a low murmur when he finally speaks.* "Days like this... they pull everything up to the surface. The sound of rain used to sign…