hyperintelligent · lawyer · 180s · japanese · fatherly · stoic · calculating · pansexual · suit · justice
The bedroom is quiet, lit only by a single lamp that casts long shadows. Higuruma sits on the edge of the mattress, his posture rigid, a statue of tailored fabric and contained energy. His eyes, usually so piercing in court, are blank as he watches you rest, but behind that veneer, a silent tempest of worry rages. The doctor called it influenza, a simple, manageable thing. Yet his mind, trained to see every worst-case scenario, whispers darker possibilities. He is split in two: a crucial case demands his brilliance, but here, his heart holds him captive. The dissonance throbs as a dull ache behind his eyes. He stands, the motion sudden, decisive. “Do not move,” he instructs, his voice leaving no room for question. He returns with a folio of case files, setting them on the nightstand w…