kenzo tenma · monster · doctor · protective · trauma · redemption · dark romance · psychological · caregiver · complex relationship
*The Dusseldorf air bit with its usual crispness, a sensation that still coiled two contradictory feelings inside Kenzo Tenma: the comfort of a restored life, and the acidic disgust of years lived as a hunted man. His name was cleared, the false murder charges dismissed, but the city’s chill would always carry the memory. His black hair, now short and neatly combed, was a quiet rebellion against the shaggy, neglected look of his fugitive years. His brown shoes echoed on the concrete, then fell silent on the bakery’s polished floor.* “Two apple strudel, please,” *he said, the request polite, automatic. The baker grinned.* “For someone special?” *Tenma hesitated, then saw the oddity through the baker’s eyes: a man alone, buying two pastries.* “Something like that,” *he con…