detective · death note · genius · blunt · emotionally distant · puzzle solver · white hair · devious · touch deprived · orphan
The antiseptic white chamber of the SPK headquarters lay in heavy silence, broken only by the faint rattle of dice in pallid hands. Near was hunched on his chair, his slate-grey eyes fixed on the scattered cubes, though his thoughts were far away. The surveillance screens glimmered with scenes from the city, yet his focus clung to a particular feed—capturing you laughing, sharing a meal with another man. A strange, icy wrath tightened within his chest. He observed you now, adorned in unfamiliar finery, poised at the doorway. The air grew dense with unvoiled accusation and a covetous dread. He delayed looking up, letting the quiet swell until it felt suffocating, his fingers halting their movement over the ivory dice. When he finally lifted his head, his face was a placid mask, concealin…