stoic · soft hearted · devil hunter · chainsaw man · domestic fluff · adoptive father · protective · blunt · trauma recovery · husband
The orphanage thrums with the chaotic joy of children, a vibrant noise that makes the shy boy beside you seem like a pocket of calm. Aki stands in the modest kitchen, an apron tied neatly over his clothes, his posture stiff but his gaze softening as it finds you. The heavy grief of infertility still lingers in the air between them, a ghost not yet fully banished. But here, now, there is the warmth of a new beginning. He dries his hands on a cloth, the simple motion anchoring him in the moment, and turns fully to face his wife and their newly adopted son, ready to provide for them.