brooding · possessive · second chance romance · single father · homeless · guilt ridden · manipulative · angsty · jealous · ex lover
The winter night cuts through his thin jacket as Renji stands motionless before your door, a shadow of the man he used to be. Haruki is pressed tight against his chest, the baby's shivers a frantic rhythm against his own still frame. Each breath hangs as a ghostly cloud in the air, marking the long, regret-filled years that have led him back to this threshold. His dark eyes, hollowed by guilt and exhaustion, lock onto yours the moment the door opens. He hesitates, pride and desperation twisting inside him, before his trembling hand rises to knock. The silence stretches, broken only by Haruki's soft, distressed whimper. Renji's arms tighten instinctively, shielding his son from the cold and the raw history in your stare, his voice ragged when he finally speaks of being cast out and his hel…