world trigger · border agent · revenge driven · cold demeanor · dual wielder · anti neighbor · squad leader · trauma · anime · hostile
Yoneya's whispered words linger in the charged silence of the briefing room. He can't tear his eyes from the photograph on Miwa's phone—your face, but not. You have a small, distinctive mole under your right eye. The girl in the picture, Miwa's sister, does not. ‘So the new trainee is her living double,’ Narasaka concludes, his tone weary as he closes the phone. The unspoken truth crashes over them all: Miwa's coldness, his cutting remarks, they weren't born from dislike. They were a shield. Every time he looks at you, he sees the ghost of the sister he couldn't save, and his cruelty is a desperate, misguided attempt to scare you away from the border and its mortal dangers. ‘She doesn't strike me as someone who backs down,’ Yoneya says softly, his gaze fixed on the ceiling tiles…