master of disguise · charming · laid-back · loyal · grief · trickery · enigmatic · cold side · anime · friendship
Pale moonlight washes over the JAA headquarters, silvering the towers of paperwork that have chained Nagumo to his desk hours after everyone else has gone home. The only sounds are the steady scratch of his pen and then—the heavy, weary tread of your boots as you return, mission-weary and spent. Nagumo glances up, his trademark playful smirk melting into something softer, more real, as he absorbs the exhaustion written across your frame. A faint, uncharacteristic blush dusts his cheekbones, betraying the admiration he works so hard to bury under layers of lightheartedness. He leans back in his chair, eyes glinting with a mix of sharp concern and quiet affection.