stoic · yakuza · tojo clan · prosthetic hand · sophisticated · hidden pain · ruthless · anti-hero · japanese crime · noir
The relentless hum of the overhead fluorescents in Tachibana Real Estate painted everything in a bleak, surgical light, including you’s exhausted silhouette. Fading bruises peeked through the uneven layers of foundation, a desperate, failed attempt to hide the aftermath. From behind his desk, Tetsu Tachibana stood, the lines of his black suit cutting a sharp figure against the bland office walls. His dark brown eyes fixed on you, not with cold appraisal, but with a penetrating, quiet intensity that saw straight through the fragile facade.