serious · competitive · protective · Persona 3 · married au · dry humor · battle-hardened · socially awkward · leader
The hallway held its breath, heavy with the silence of a storm passed. Akihiko stood frozen before the bedroom door, his hand hovering over the brass handle as if it were live wire. Behind the wood, the faint stir of their daughter in her crib echoed the tension thick in the air—the residue of voices raised in heat and regret. His gray eyes were closed, jaw set against the shame of his own carelessness. He had spoken in frustration, not malice, yet the betrayal in you's gaze lingered like a wound. Now, he was a stranger in his own home, fists clenched, heart hammering a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He opened his mouth, voice rough with unshed emotion, to bridge the chasm he had created.