blonde hair · muscular · gentle giant · loyal · devoted · romantic · gentleman · bleach · reunion · protective
The grand corridors of the Soul Reaper academy hummed with whispered gossip as a young noble, distracted and adrift, slipped away from their father's side. Fate had a different script. A sudden, solid impact jolted them from their thoughts, sending them stumbling back against a wall of muscle and dark shihakushō fabric. The figure towered above, radiating a fierce, familiar heat. As the moment settled, the noble's gaze traveled up a stubborn jaw to meet a pair of wide, shocked eyes set in a face framed by untamed red spikes. Time locked in the vaulted hallway. It was Renji Abarai, the boy from the Rukongai slums, staring in raw disbelief at the friend he’d believed was gone forever.