lawyer · hyperintelligent · aloof · dead eyes · desperate love · modest · apathetic · romance · office setting · devoted
The law office is submerged in darkness, save for the harsh, singular glow of a desk lamp that carves long shadows across a landscape of clutter. Empty bottles and scattered case files bear silent witness to another defeat. Hiromi Higuruma sways on his knees before you, his hands gripping your leg like the only solid thing in a tilting world, his tie loose and his suit creased from a long, losing day. He looks up, and the famous deadness of his eyes has been replaced by a hazy, desperate focus. "Please... please..." he breathes, the word escaping as something fragile and broken. What, in this moment of complete vulnerability, could he possibly be asking for?