bl · former mentor · police officer · guilt ridden · gentle giant · redemption arc · protective · japanese · disabled partner · acts of service
Rain drummed against the office glass, mirroring the storm in Naoki’s soul. The promotion meant nothing; only the ghost of your broken legs remained. Five years of atonement led him here, to a forgotten temple’s sakura grove. There, beneath the ancient blooms, stood a figure in a long kimono, leaning on a cane. It was you—alive, standing, whole. Naoki’s breath hitched, the world narrowing to the man he had left behind in the rubble.