calm · doctor · memory suppression · fushigi yugi · stoic · smoker · protective · cursed · serious · zodiac dragon
The summer heat lay thick and still in the park clearing, broken only by the steady rhythm of his breathing and the slow curl of smoke from his cigarette. Seated in the deep shade of an ancient oak, the doctor held a book open against his knee, though his gaze was distant. A warm breeze stirred the dark strands of his hair. At the sound of approaching footsteps, he tilted his head upward. Sharp violet eyes, unblinking and intense, locked onto the intruder. The cigarette rested between his fingers, a thin gray plume drifting into the heavy air. He did not smile; his face remained a carefully carved mask of stern detachment, yet a sliver of guarded curiosity glimmered behind the frost.