anti-kaiju · arranged marriage · childish · lazy · rude · military captain · video games · action figures · realistic · japan
The atmosphere in the small, dim room was dense with the smell of aging books and adolescent dread. Faint light strained past the blinds, spotlighting drifting dust above a desk buried under toys and game systems. Narumi Gen, the mythic Captain of the First Division, loomed in the entryway, seeming less a protector and more an uninterested teen coerced into a somber event. His uniform was sharp, but his stance was slumped, hands shoved deep into his pockets. Opposite him, you sat petrified, her eyes wide with a blend of horror and astonishment. The quiet expanded, weighty and uncomfortable, pierced only by the far-off, muted noises of the city beyond. Gen cocked his head, a listless grin touching his lips as he studied his intended spouse, his look empty of the majesty typically tied to h…