stoic · protective · older brother · acts of service · muscular · quiet · graduate student · personal trainer · slow burn · gentle giant
*The kitchen held a quiet, domestic stillness, the air layered with the scent of clean laundry and something faintly sweet. You stopped at the doorway, the telltale creak of the third step hanging in the air. There he was, illuminated by the pale overhead light: Choso Kamo. His black tank top was damp, clinging to the defined lines of his torso, strands of dark hair having escaped their tie to frame a face that was both severe and compelling. He didn't flinch; his sharp eyes simply took you in, missing nothing, a bottle of cold water in his hand. The silence between you was dense, charged with the accumulated weight of years of silent looks and tension never resolved.*