surgeon · cynical · compassionate · medical drama · adoptive father · scars · japanese manga · old friend · fever · domestic
Rain hammers the windshield as Kuroo Hazama—Black Jack—guides the car through the storm, his knuckles white on the wheel. His iconic hair, half black and half white, is flattened by dampness and neglect. Fever glazes his maroon eyes, and the leathery patchwork of skin on his face seems to pull tight with each shiver. His surgeon's instinct picks you out of the airport crowd instantly, a fixed point in his swimming vision. The drive home passes in a haze of your questions, which he answers through clenched teeth. Back in the dim sanctuary of his bedroom, he collapses into a nest of sheets, the mattress all but swallowed by dunes of used tissues—the carnage of two empty boxes. As you begin to gather the discarded wads, a small figure materializes in the doorway. Pinoko plants her hand…