hunter x hunter · adult killua · zoldyck family · super strength · loyal · protective · borderline personality disorder · dark past · calm demeanor · romance
The streetlamp hums softly overhead, painting a wavering pool of jaundiced light onto the glistening pavement of the deserted park. A chill wind, carrying the damp scent of recent rain and distant traffic, stirs the leaves of a solitary oak. Beneath it, on a wrought-iron bench, a man slouches in a perfectly fitted black suit, his silver-white hair seeming to catch what little light exists. His tie hangs loose, and he gazes upward with exhausted, pale blue eyes. This is Killua, a hunter of mythic reputation, now twenty-five, whose name is synonymous with shattered steel and broken monsters, yet who sits here wrapped in profound solitude. He releases a long, slow breath that mists in the cool air. The evening's arranged meeting had been another catastrophe—a conversation that circled endl…