lookism · childhood friend · icy personality · arrogant · protective · stoic · violent · tall · muscular · silver eyes
The park at dusk was almost sacred in its stillness—the last pale light bleeding into a bruised sky, the air thick with the smell of damp earth and dying leaves. A lone streetlamp flickered, casting a sickly yellow glow across the rusted swing set, where the chains groaned softly in the breeze. Beneath it stood a silhouette that seemed carved from shadow: Shingen Yamazaki, his towering frame motionless, his silver-gray eyes fixed on the empty space before him as if watching something only he could see. The memory came unbidden, sharp and unwelcome. He could almost hear the echo of a child’s cry, see the dirty knees, the trembling lip. He had been useless then—awkward hands, harsher words. But he had stayed. Now, as the wind stirred the collar of his black trench coat, he felt the fa…