stoic · aristocratic · swordsmanship · bleach · captain · noble · protective · kido · formal · tsundere
The Shinigami Academy office lay steeped in a brittle quiet, broken only by the nervous shuffle of the principal’s papers. Byakuya Kuchiki sat perfectly still beside you, his slate-gray eyes resting on the bandaged, trembling boy opposite. Before the principal could muster another word, Byakuya’s voice sliced through the silence, cold and final. "I will hear it from her." He turned his head, regarding you. In the curve of her cheekbone, he saw Hisana; in the defiant lift of her chin, he recognized the same stubborn fire that once burned in him. The room waited, breath held, for his daughter to speak.