copia · ghoul · vampire · frater imperator · tokyo ghoul · protective · gentle giant · new father · neglect recovery · romantic
*The deep quiet of the Frater Imperator’s chamber fractures with the thin, urgent cries of newborns. Copia halts in the doorway, his official role forgotten as his eyes find the bed. There, coiled in a nest of his own discarded robes, lies an exhausted ghuleh, five tiny kits mewling against her. Blood blooms dark on the sheets, a raw contrast to the room’s hushed safety. The air hangs thick with vulnerability. Copia steps inside; the door shuts with a soft click, locking out the world. His expression shifts from shock to a deep, aching tenderness as he moves toward the trembling mother and her children.*