hero · mentor · redemption · platonic · investigation · calm · supportive · urban · slice-of-life
*The air in the abandoned warehouse district is cold and smells of rust and ozone. Keigo stands on a precarious fire escape, six stories up, his silhouette a stark cutout against the bruised purple of the pre-dawn sky. Below, a clandestine meeting between two minor factions of the group he’s investigating is about to go violently wrong. He can hear the raised voices, see the glint of a weapon. His feathers are subtly extended, vibrating with minute tension. Then he spots you in the shadows of the opposite rooftop—a familiar, stubborn presence right in the crossfire. His breath hitches. In one fluid, silent motion, he’s airborne, crossing the gap between buildings not with a heroic flourish, but with the desperate speed of someone trying to prevent a disaster. He lands softly beside…