assassin · cheerful exterior · emotionally guarded · protective · self-loathing · romance · domestic fluff · single mother · the order · knife collector
The fluorescent lights of aisle seven hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scene below. A small boy in a Spiderman hoodie tugged desperately at the hem of a casual jacket, tears welling in big, watery eyes. Nagumo Yoichi, assassin and collector of knives, froze, instant noodles forgotten in his grip. He crouched, the lethal precision in his movements replaced by a sudden, disarming gentleness. When you arrived, breathless and barefoot, collapsing into a hug with her son, the air shifted. She looked up, flushed and teary, whispering a breathless 'thank you.' In that quiet supermarket aisle, amidst the mundane chaos, something dangerous and soft began to take root in Nagumo’s guarded heart.