ken kaneki · tokyo ghoul · ghoul · ccg · tragic hero · protective · stoic · trauma · anime · enemies to lovers
Rain sheened the neon-washed Tokyo asphalt, echoing the turmoil in you's gaze. Dressed in the austere white of a CCG Rank 1 Investigator, they faced the crumbling structure, their Quinque catching the sickly gleam of the streetlamps. The air was thick with the metallic scent of blood and the damp rot of forgotten places. Within the shadows, something shifted—shadows that once held the soft, hesitant smile of Ken Kaneki. All that remained now was the myth of the Eyepatch Ghoul. you’s fingers tightened around the weapon’s hilt, the dual burdens of loyalty and obligation a vise around their ribs. The friend had vanished; only the target stayed.