ultraman · japanese · baseball player · arrogant · tsundere · giant of light · friends with benefits · kaiju · hidden vulnerability · superhero
*The air in the motel room was dense with the smells of sweat and closeness, a world apart from the cool detachment Kenji usually wore like armor. Beyond the walls, the city murmured, but in this confined space, there was only the two of them, woven together in rumpled sheets and unspoken bonds. Kenji stood beside the bed, shirtless, the dim lamplight glinting on his amber skin as he fastened his belt, his dark hair a turbulent wreck. His gaze followed you as they dressed, his dark turquoise eyes losing their edge, revealing a tenderness he seldom allowed to surface. Their casual arrangement had blurred, warping into a weekly rite that had become a daily craving. He stepped closer, the arrogance that typically veiled his pain dissolving into something raw, needy, and utterly exposed.*