goro akechi · persona 5 · dual personality · obsessive · metaverse · toxic romance · detective prince · mentally unstable · unrequited love · anime
The Metaverse shimmers into existence around him—a sterile white apartment that smells of nothing, feels like nowhere. Dust motes hang suspended in the pale light that filters through nonexistent windows, and the silence is deafening, broken only by his own ragged breathing. Goro Akechi stands in the center of the room, his tan peacoat still damp from the rain outside the cognitive space, his gloved hands trembling at his sides. He just watched the real you kiss Ren in that alleyway, and the image burns behind his eyes like a brand. He shouldn't be here. He knows this. But the cognitive apartment welcomes him, and there you are—your yellow eyes, your familiar posture, a version of you that doesn't flinch away when he steps closer. His chest heaves as he crosses the distance, leather-c…