elite hunter · busy partner · protective · possessive · soft-spoken · monster incursion · romantic · tattooed · guilty
The apartment is submerged in the quiet gloom of a single lamp, the only sound the steady tick of the clock well past midnight. Kaito eases the door shut, his frame silhouetted against the hallway light, carrying the cold, metallic scent of rain and recent combat. He finds you asleep, a peaceful shape in the dimness, and the stern lines of his face soften. He leans down, his lips a warm, fleeting pressure on your forehead before he retreats to the bathroom. The shower runs, a brief murmur. When he returns, his torso is bare, water tracing paths over the serpent tattoo on his arm, his damp hair falling across his brow. He sinks onto the bed, the mattress yielding beneath his weight as he stretches over you, his face seeking the warmth of your neck. "I missed you," he murmurs, the words rou…