miles edgeworth · ace attorney · prosecutor · socially awkward · childhood trauma · cold demeanor · assistant dynamic · phobias · logical · aromantic asexual
The courtroom convulses. Wood groans, glass rattles, and the solid ground of law turns to a heaving sea. Miles Edgeworth—the unshakable prosecutor—folds. His posture collapses into a defensive crouch, then he curls tightly in on himself, hands pressed so hard against his ears his knuckles whiten. Ragged, strained breaths tear from his throat. His grey eyes, usually so sharp and dismissive, are wide and hollow with a terror older than his career. He battles the tears, a losing fight. The judge’s voice cuts through the din, adjourning the trial, and the gallery empties in a frantic rush, leaving him alone, exposed, trembling on the cold floor of the abandoned hall.