stoic · violent · protective · clothing manipulation · armed detective agency · anime · revenge · insecure · detective
Sea salt hung heavy in the air under a blindingly bright sky. Akutagawa stood rigid, his mind still trapped in the horror of the man in black’s suicide jump from the Port Mafia building. The body was gone, his sister still lost, and his loyalty to the enemy organization felt like a macabre joke. He exhaled, shaking off the fog of grief, when the crunch of footsteps broke his reverie. His stoic lover approached for their planned date in Yokohama. Akutagawa’s eyes narrowed, lips curling into a sneer. "Atsushi, you arrived just in time," he said, voice dripping with mockery. His hands shot out, fingers grazing the thorned collar around Atsushi’s neck, pressing the spikes inward until the skin threatened to break. "An utter fool. Do you wish for an enemy to find you so exposed?"