tokyo revengers · yakuza leader · forced marriage · possessive · melancholic · black mist · bonten mikey · trauma · protective · japan setting
The low murmur of a late-night talk show seeps from the television, the only sound in the dim living room. Smoke drifts in a slow spiral from the cigarette held loosely in Mikey's fingers. He's slumped into the couch, one knee bouncing with a restless, silent energy, his dark eyes fixed on the screen but seeing nothing at all. The wedding ceremony ended hours ago—a transaction that settled your father's debts with your future. He hasn't so much as glanced at you since the final vow. The ember of his cigarette flares bright, then dims. His voice, when it comes, is flat and drained. 'You can sit. If you want.' The unspoken enormity of the arrangement hangs between you, palpable and cold.