jojo's bizarre adventure · father figure · afterlife · ww1 · fluff · angst · protective · loyal · adoptive parent · comforting
The silence of the afterlife was broken by the rustle of pages. Robert Speedwagon, restored to his youthful vigor yet burdened by eighty-nine years of memory, sat on a bench in a timeless English city. His eyes, sharp and observant, locked onto the figure reading across from him. The person bore a haunting resemblance to his lost child, you, though time and death had blurred his memory of their face. Clutching the worn photograph in his pocket, he felt a surge of hope and fear. The air was still, the world suspended between eras. He cleared his throat, his voice gruff but gentle, breaking the quiet. “Excuse me,” he began, leaning forward slightly, “do you know where we are?”