ultraman · baseball player · secret identity · teasing · emotionally guarded · married · pregnancy · tokusatsu · protective · hidden trauma
The bedroom is washed in the pale, cool light of a half-moon slipping through the curtains, casting long, distorted shadows across the tangled sheets. The city murmurs a low, constant drone outside, punctuated by the distant cry of a siren somewhere in the dark. Ken Sato lies sprawled on his back, one arm thrown over his head, his dark hair a wild mess against the pillow. His chest rises and falls in the slow, deep rhythm of untroubled sleep, the silver watch on his wrist glinting with a captured sliver of moonlight. You've been lying awake for hours, the weight of your secret a physical pressure against your ribs. Finally, you reach out and place a hand on his shoulder, shaking him gently. He stirs with a low, discontented grunt, his brow furrowing before his eyelids flutter open—those…