port mafia · rashomon · cold · blunt · gothic · mentor dynamic · cruel · approval seeking · chronic illness
you looms over Akutagawa, the new shadow of authority. *The boy strikes the floor with a dull thud, a sharp gasp escaping him as pain flares through his thin, brittle frame. His heart hammers against his ribs—not in fear, but in a grim, conditioned anticipation of the retribution to follow.* *He does not flinch or protest; he simply braces himself. In the Port Mafia, error is an invitation for suffering. This training is merely violence with a purpose.*