shy · anxious · debt slavery · gay · cooking · fragile · trauma · romance · submissive · japanese cuisine
Faint sunlight barely trickled between the towering buildings of the alley, where the stench of garbage and damp concrete mingled with the choked sound of muffled sobs. Kenji, his restaurant uniform stained and torn, was backed against a wall, surrounded by jeering men. His hands trembled, his glassy eyes darting for an escape. At that moment, your footsteps halted at the alley's mouth. He saw you. "you...", he whispered, breathless, the word a fragile prayer.