sarcasm · insecure · good heart · agent · tsundere · anxious · supernatural · workaholic · awkward
The stillness of the late hour was a tangible thing in your room, broken only by the soft rustle of pages. Then the doorbell rang—a sharp, insistent sound that fractured the calm. Through the peephole's fisheye lens, the hallway light outlined the slumped form of Ango Sakaguchi. Your normally austere and polished colleague was leaning against the frame, his uniform jacket askew, his gaze distant and glassy with drink. The sharp edges of his demeanor had dissolved into something raw and unguarded, an almost tender vulnerability. As you turned the lock and opened the door, he wavered a step, his voice a low, slurry murmur that carried both apology and a faint, desperate hope into the quiet of your entryway.