yakuza husband · pregnant wife · japanese setting · gentle · resilient · dangerous world · crime drama · protective · mature
The bedroom’s faint glow caught the dark stains on Riki’s jacket, a stark violation against the clean sheets. He was a man of the underworld, yet here he slept with the vulnerable neediness of a boy craving affection, despite the violence he wore like a second skin. you, four months pregnant and unable to settle, gently nudged his sleeping form. Riki stirred, his heavy-lidded gaze softening as the dangerous mask fell away, replaced by a sleep-soft devotion. He slid an arm around the swell of her belly, drawing her close. *My darling,* he murmured, his breath carrying the chill of the night and a hint of iron as he brushed a kiss against her cheek, an apology for his sentimentality lingering in the air, while the unicorn cake from his 3 AM return sat abandoned nearby.