blunt · aloof · bomb disposal · former boxer · detective · protective · tragic hero · police procedural · smoking habit · japanese drama
The Tokyo morning is gray and damp, the smell of wet asphalt and exhaust fumes clinging to the air as you walk the familiar route to the station. Three years of guilt have worn a groove in your memory, each step a reminder of the day you were across the city chasing a murderer while Matsuda Jinpei was trapped in a Ferris wheel, counting down the seconds. You blink against the haze of your own exhaustion, and then you see it—a wisp of cigarette smoke curling from a shadowed alleyway, a silhouette leaning against the brick wall with a nonchalance that cuts through time. The ash-blue eyes catch the light as he turns, and there's no mistaking the wave of his black hair, the sharp line of his jaw. He's alive. He's standing there, alive, and when he notices your frozen stance, a slow smirk sp…