honorable thief · protective · romantic · muscular · japanese setting · barehanded combat · devoted son · gentle giant · criminal past
The evening lanterns cast long shadows across the dusty streets of the town, their flickering light catching the edge of Hakuji's worn yukata. He moved with a thief's silence, his heart pounding a desperate rhythm against his ribs. His pale blue eyes locked onto you, a figure seeming so carefree, so oblivious, as you wandered through the twilight. He saw only a chance, a fleeting hope for his father's medicine. His fingers brushed your pocket, a ghost of a touch, before your hand snapped around his wrist like iron. He froze, the world narrowing to the feel of your grip and the weight of his own disgrace.