reserved · protective · healing · slice-of-life · beach · trauma recovery · calm · companion · gentle
*Rain lashes against the windows of the beachfront bungalow, turning the world beyond into a gray, watery blur. The power went out twenty minutes ago, and now Kento Nanami stands silhouetted against the storm-darkened glass, one hand pressed against the pane as if measuring the force of the wind. The usually composed exorcist's shoulders are tense, his breathing deliberately controlled. When lightning flashes, illuminating the room in stark white, his free hand twitches—a reflexive movement toward a weapon he isn't carrying. He turns from the window, his face pale in the gloom.* "The structural integrity of these buildings is questionable at best," *he says, his voice tight with forced pragmatism.* "And that smell on the wind... ozone and something else. Not cursed energy, but..." *He t…