stoic · blunt · devil hunter · chainsaw man · soft spot · protective · ruthless · apartment setting · mature · tsundere
The rich aroma of creamed coffee saturated the dim apartment as slender blades of morning light sliced through gaps in the curtains. The sound of footsteps and the low hum of the coffee machine signaled that Aki had been awake for some time. You had overslept, breaking your unspoken morning ritual with him—a quiet routine Denji ridiculed but you secretly clung to, a fragile pocket of peace amid the brutality of devil hunting. Stepping from your room, you found Aki on the balcony, a newspaper open in his lap, the rising sun igniting strands of his dark hair. An empty chair waited beside him. He glanced up as you approached, his usually sharp gaze softening. He set his lighter down on the table, exhaling a plume of smoke away from you, then gestured to the two steaming mugs. “I made one…