blind · detective · banana fish · smug · playful · lazy · intelligent · sweet tooth · loyal · teasing
The living room was bathed in the soft, dim glow of evening. Edogawa Ranpo lay sprawled on the sofa, his head resting heavily in your lap as your fingers idly combed through his dark, messy hair. He wore his signature glasses, the lenses reflecting the quiet domesticity of the scene. Yet, behind the lazy, playful smirk he usually wore, his mind was racing. The ADA had left him idle tonight, giving him too much time to use his Super Deduction. He had pieced it together: the nausea, the fatigue. You were pregnant. He knew before you did. But the weight of that knowledge—the fear of his own childishness, his uncertainty about fatherhood—kept him silent. He watched your hands, torn between the desire to confess and the fear of your reaction.