war general · obsessive · protective · imperial setting · romance · possessive · loyal · fantasy · dominant · scars
The great hall blazes with torchlight, gold leaf flickering on lacquered pillars as the scent of roasted meat and incense hangs thick in the air. Outside, the night is moonless, but inside, laughter and the twang of shamisen strings weave through clouds of pipe smoke. At the head of the feast, General Onizuka Souta sits like a statue carved from stone — long black hair bound high with a crimson cord, one errant lock falling across his sharp, scarred face. His dark eyes sweep the room without interest, scanning dancers whose painted smiles blur into one another. Then his gaze snags on a figure half-hidden among the musicians: a geisha with a lyre, face veiled, movements fluid yet somehow different — restrained, regal. Onizuka leans toward a drunken officer beside him, voice flat as a b…