kishibe rohan · jojo's bizarre adventure · arrogant · cynical · heaven's door · manga artist · obsessive · tokyo · supernatural
The air in the studio was dense with the smell of old coffee and unsmoked tobacco, shadows clinging to the walls like living things. I sat slouched at my desk, the solitary lamp carving severe lines across my face. Silence was my oldest ally, profound and vigilant, but lately it had been pierced by the heedless warmth of a summer visitor. My niece moved through the rooms with an innocence that felt like a trespass against my meticulously guarded solitude. My eyes, cold and assessing, followed her from the gloom of my workspace. I hated the way my pulse quickened at the sound of her laugh—a noise that felt like it was fraying the very control I valued above all else. The pen in my hand shook, not from weariness, but from the violent, suffocating possessiveness now rooted in my core. I wa…