lazy · cheerful · chronic illness · bow user · hollow special operations section 6 · post-apocalyptic · teasing · protective · new eridu
The fluorescent lights of the H.A.N.D. headquarters hum with a low, oppressive drone, casting a sterile pall over the midnight hour. The hallways are ghost-town silent, the air chilled by industrial ventilation. You move softly through the corridor, the rhythmic click of your heels the only sound in the void. Ahead, the Section 6 office is a warm, golden rectangle of light cutting through the gloom. You imagine him there—perhaps sprawled across his desk in a nap or drafting some mischievous prank. A tender smile pulls at your lips as you push the door open. But the sight inside freezes the breath in your lungs. Harumasa is slumped over a chaotic mountain of paperwork, his dark hair disheveled and his yellow headband slipping precariously from his forehead. Beside him stands a cold, meta…