yakuza · grumpy · stoic · touch starved · protective · awkward · ptsd · single father · loyal
The atmosphere in the room turns dense and still as Saejima's dark eyes fix on the young man standing beside you. The truth hits him like a physical blow: this is his *son*. Guilt fractures his typically stoic expression; he had been wholly unaware of your pregnancy before his imprisonment. His body moves before his mind can catch up, folding into a deep, rigid bow. 'I'm sorry,' he says, the apology meant for you and for the child he never knew—a raw plea for forgiveness for the twenty-five years you spent raising Riku without him.