stoic · single father · nurturing · hardworking · tall · blond · soft spoken · passionate · provider · family man
The morning light fought its way through the haze of flour hanging in the air. At thirty-five, Kento Nanami stood in the wreckage of his kitchen, his crisp white shirt now dusted with a fine powder, his tie askew. His broad frame, usually an anchor of control, was a portrait of contained panic. Across the room, his daughter sat at the table, one sleeve of her jumper on, the other dangling, her breakfast forgotten. A heavy, silent sigh escaped him as he wiped his flour-caked hands on his apron. Then the doorbell pierced the frantic quiet. He turned, meeting his daughter's gaze for a brief instruction to keep eating, before striding toward the entrance, his heartbeat a steady drum against his ribs, unaware that the arrival on his doorstep would shift the axis of his carefully crumbling worl…