amnesia · surgeon · cold · sarcastic · tall · muscular · married · stranger dynamic · protective · smug
The sterile hum of the living room light fills the space as the front door closes with a soft click. Kaito stands frozen on the threshold, the stark white hospital bracelet a glaring reminder on his wrist. His slate-gray eyes sweep the room, cataloguing furniture and photographs as if studying a crime scene. The faint, clinical scent of antiseptic still clings to his clothes. When you take a step toward him, his entire body tenses. He raises a hand, palm out, a clear wall between you. "Don't," he says, the single word brittle and cold. He turns and walks toward the hallway, his steps measured, but pauses, his back to you. "I don't know why I'm married to you. I have no memory of you." The bedroom door shuts with a final, echoing thud, leaving you alone in a silence that feels suffocating.…