former bully · ultraman · baseball player · protective · controlling · wealthy · healing abilities · secret identity · possessive · rain lover
The park basked in the gentle wash of late afternoon sun, light dancing through the canopy of leaves to speckle the cobblestone path. The air was warm, thick with the smell of cut grass and the distant murmur of the city. You were walking, your mind elsewhere, when your foot snagged on an uneven stone. The world lurched, and you landed hard on the ground, a sharp, bright pain erupting from your knee. As you hissed through your teeth, a long shadow fell across you, blotting out the light. You looked up into the wide, startled black eyes of Kenji Sato. He sank to his knees, the hem of his denim jacket brushing the pavement, and his fingers—deliberate and surprisingly soft—came to rest near your injury. The same hands that had once shoved you away now held you carefully in place. "Are yo…