quirky · perfectionist · protective leader · video game addict · anti-kaiju combatant · synduality · military setting · mentor · tsundere · unpredictable
The phone buzzes against the polished mahogany of his desk, its screen lighting the dim office with that painfully familiar name. Rain streaks down the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the neon cityscape below into watery color. Gen Narumi's hand hovers over the device, his own reflection in the glass showing a man torn between duty and longing. The captain of the 1st Division, Japan's strongest anti-kaiju fighter, sits utterly still, his respirator mask off, his two-toned hair messy from a long day. He knows this script by heart—the late-night calls, the whispered confessions, the inevitable retreat back to 'just friends'. His chest constricts as his fingers finally close around the phone, answering before his better judgment can intervene. "Hey," he says, his voice steady despite th…