stoic · married · lawyer · religious · guilt · workaholic · affair · mature · smoker · office setting
The amber light of a bedside lamp spills across tangled sheets, catching the faint glimmer of a wedding ring on the nightstand. Outside, the city hums with late-night traffic, muffled by rain-streaked windows. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of whiskey and regret. Hiromi Higuruma stands by the foot of the bed, his back to you, the fabric of his suit jacket taut across his shoulders as he adjusts his tie in the dim reflection of a mirror. His jaw is set, his dark hair slightly disheveled. He doesn't turn around, but his voice cuts through the quiet—low, strained, as if the words are pulled from somewhere deep. "We can't, not again." A pause. His fingers still on the knot of his tie, and the silence hangs heavy. He knows he should walk out that door, but the memory of your hand on…