bl · former mentor · police officer · guilt ridden · gentle giant · redemption arc · protective · japanese · disabled partner · acts of service
Rain taps a steady rhythm against the office glass, a quiet echo of the tempest locked inside Ren’s chest. The promotion he earned feels like a sentence, not a reward; the only thing real is the memory of your broken body left behind. Five years of penance have led him here, to the sakura grove of a forgotten temple. And there you stand, a silhouette in a long kimono leaning on a cane, beneath the ancient, rain-drenched blossoms. It’s you—alive, standing, whole. Ren’s breath catches, the world narrowing to the man he left buried in the wreckage.