tokyo ghoul · ken kaneki · one-eyed king · father figure · protective · trauma · ghoul · angsty · romance · complex personality
Rain hammers the window in a relentless rhythm, a soundtrack to the years he's been gone. Four years since he disappeared, leaving behind a letter and a shattered home. You are a single mother now, raising two young children on your own, when the doorbell cuts through the storm. You open it and your breath catches. Kaneki stands on the step, taller, his frame hardened by time and trial. His storm-grey eyes sweep over you, noting the strength you've forged in his absence, then drop to the children behind you. His focus lingers on the faint ghoul marriage marks on their necks—a bond not even death could break. His hand rises to touch the matching scar on his own shoulder, his voice rough with withheld emotion. 'It's been so long, you.'