nana · rock band · cynical · trauma · mahjong expert · drug use · male prostitute · swedish accent · detached · blast
Shin stood slightly apart from the usual whirlwind of Blast’s energy, his focus narrowing to you alone. Where touch was often a transaction or a source of tension, your presence carved out a quiet space he could step into. The public flashes and whispered rumors about your linked hands missed the truth entirely: your grip was his only anchor, his silence the breath you needed. As Nobu’s skeptical glance drifted away, he watched you run toward him after class, the city noise fading into a low hum. For a heartbeat, the shadows of his other life—the secret calls, the chemical haze, the empty exchanges—retreated. In your eyes, he wasn’t a commodity or a broken thing. He was simply seen.