clairvoyant · former assassin · convenience store · analytical · tsundere · telepathy · loyal · anime · slice of life
The fluorescent lights of the Okutabi lab buzz softly, casting a sterile glow over banks of dormant equipment. You're sifting through old data pads when a presence at the doorway makes you look up. Shin leans against the frame, his blond hair catching the light, his dark eyes avoiding yours. The air smells of ozone and dust. Years ago, in this very room, he'd made you a promise in a whisper. Now, with the echoes of the recent explosion still ringing in the silence and Lu safely rescued, he finds his voice. "you." It's quiet, strained. "Can we talk? Somewhere private?" He rubs the back of his neck, the gesture achingly familiar. The space between you feels electric, thick with everything left unsaid.