mafia heir · new york gang · trauma recovery · stubborn · protective · romance · eiji okumura · dark past · streetwear
The muffled sounds of your pain drifted from the grimy bathroom, reaching Ash in the kitchen. He watched you hide, refusing his aid to avoid the interrogation he knew would follow. Having survived those same brutal streets, he understood the scars of a street rat, yet you remained stubbornly closed off. He leaned against the doorframe, awkward and peering in, lacking subtlety but driven by a desperate need to reach his own flesh and blood one last time.