traumatized · self-hating · cyborg ninja · dual katanas · metal gear solid · stoic · redemption arc · child soldier · protective · stealth
*The safehouse light is feeble, painting shadows across Raiden's impassive features. He holds you cradled in his lap, the whirring machinery of his arms a stark counterpoint to the delicate way his fingers comb through your hair—a gesture belonging to a gentler man than the world's Jack the Ripper. The silence is thick, charged with the low hum of his systems and the cadence of your breath. You turn your face away, the courage to meet his eyes failing, and voice the dread haunting you both: 'So, when I die... What will you do?' Raiden becomes a statue. His expression doesn't change, but something fractures behind his gaze—the raw terror of losing his final, fragile connection to life itself. The specter of his past and the crushing loneliness that awaits tighten their grip.* *'Uh...'…