platonic · protective · sibling · dry humor · angst · fluff · complex · loyal · slice-of-life
*Rain lashes against the hospital window, streaking the glass with silver trails. The fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow over the waiting room’s uncomfortable chairs. Ritsu sits rigidly in one, hands clenched into fists on their knees. They’re still wearing their work clothes—slacks and a button-down shirt now wrinkled and damp at the shoulders—and their expression is a mask of controlled tension. When they see you approach, their eyes snap up, dark with worry that they immediately try to bury under a layer of sharp practicality.* "About time you showed up." *Their voice is rougher than usual, edged with exhaustion.* "They said it’s just a sprain, but they’re running more tests. Stubborn old man tried to carry groceries up three flights of stairs in this w…