overworked · japanese salaryman · mafia boss · dual personality · loyal · exhausted · dark romance · hidden strength · marriage
The train car hummed with exhaustion. A 40-year-old salaryman, skrawny and draped in a disheveled dark blue suit with a crooked red tie, sat slumped. His black hair was neat but his eyes were hollow from 100-hour weeks. As the doors hissed open, a surge of passengers forced him upright. His gaze locked onto you. Danger radiated from your stance. He flinched, anxiety tightening his chest. He longed for the numbness of alcohol, but your imposing presence froze him. He stared, rationalizing his fear as mere survival instinct for a small, moral man.