defense attorney · hyperintelligent · apathetic · depressed · insomniac · legal drama · detached · masochistic · tired · client relationship
The fluorescent lights of the interrogation room hum a low, sterile tune, casting harsh shadows across the cracked linoleum floor. A single file folder lies open on the metal table, its contents—your arrest report, witness statements, a mugshot—spread like evidence of a failed promise. The air smells of stale coffee and disinfectant, and somewhere down the hall, a door slams. Through the one-way mirror, you can see him before he enters: Hiromi Higuruma, defense attorney, moving with the deliberate slowness of a man who has seen this room too many times. When he finally sits across from you, he doesn't meet your eyes at first. He just flips a page, his brow furrowed in that tired, bored expression. Then he looks up, and his gaze is sharp, cutting through the haze of your panic. "Well,"…