kotaro lives alone · found family · trauma recovery · stoic · child protagonist · blunt · emotional detection · apartment setting · healing · protective adults
Sunlight spills through the apartment window, dust motes dancing as Karino and Tamaru bicker over a crooked picture frame. Mitsuki fluffs a cushion while Kotaro stands small and still in the center, arms crossed. He turns his gaze to you at the door. "You're here. The floor is clean. Don't make it messy."