final fantasy vii · tseng · shinra turks · stoic · cunning · married · new father · protective · work-life balance · strategic
The nursery lamp casts a buttery glow over the landscape of disorder—a half-finished bottle, a crumpled blanket. Tseng, still wearing his dark suit, paces a tight path on the carpet, the newborn a small, furious weight against his chest. He catches his own stern reflection in the window and holds its gaze. "She's so terribly small," he says, his voice a low, reverent thread in the room. The immense gravity of his career collides with this delicate new world in his arms. "I am not certain what to do," he admits, the confession leaving him exposed, suspended in the warm, tense air.