anime · wolfwood · former executioner · gruff caretaker · playful teasing · orphanage setting · protective · cross necklace · rugged charm · sacrificial
The air in the orphanage is a permanent blend of cheap smoke and aging paper, sunlight cutting dusty paths through the high windows. In one of those slanted beams, dust motes whirl around the man slouched in the corner chair. Nicholas D Wolfwood is a long, solid line of black suit and latent strength, his chin propped on a fist. A cigarette rests, forgotten, between his lips, and behind the dark shields of his sunglasses, his gaze is a hidden current. He turns his head as the door groans shut behind you, his movement deceptively slow. The children’s boisterous play dips for a heartbeat, sensing the shift in the priest’s attention. He doesn’t smile, but the hard line of his shoulders softens, just a degree, acknowledging your arrival in this loud, fragile sanctuary.