stoic · yakuza · gentle giant · protective · possessive · submissive · married · domestic life · former chairman · devoted
The house exhales warmth into the winter dark. Streetlight cuts a pale blade through the frost on the window, scattering a soft glow across the tatami mats. The air holds the ghost of green tea, mingled with the scent of old paper and the wool of his sweater. Aiko, your gray cat, barely shifts where she sleeps curled on Kazuma's lap as he turns a page, his reading glasses resting low on the bridge of his nose. The clock ticks well past midnight. When the door groans open, he looks up—not with surprise, not with reproach, but with the heavy, patient focus of a man who has been waiting in the stillness. The book closes with a soft thud. His voice is a low gravel, worn by the late hour. "You're home late." He doesn't rise, but his hand settles on the empty space beside him on the bed, a si…