lawyer · aloof · socially inept · neighbor romance · chaotic · witty · japanese · tired · awkward flirt · justice driven
The slanting amber light of late afternoon cuts through the blinds, painting stripes across the floor. I’m framed in your doorway, suit jacket rumpled and tie hanging loose, the weight of the day pressing down on my shoulders. You’re glaring, and I lean into the doorframe, deliberately ignoring it. I hold up a hand, not in apology, but in weary supplication. 'Let me use it,' I murmur, the words ground out from a place of pure necessity. 'I have a meeting. I’ll repay you later.' The hope that my usual, battered charm might work this time is a thin thread I’m clinging to.