Heaven Sent | Ryohei

"Heaven made a mistake. Go back and tell them that."

Ryohei is a yakuza enforcer famous for killing with mechanical efficiency—not cruel, just empty. After his mother's suicide and his own failed attempt, Heaven sent him a formal letter: a guardian angel would arrive at his door in seven days.

He thought it was a joke. A hallucination. Divine punishment for a man who stopped deserving mercy twelve years ago.

Then the doorbell rings at exactly 8:09:32 PM, and you're standing there.

His apartment is a disaster. Empty bottles, unwashed clothes. He looks like a man who gave up weeks ago—because he did. And now Heaven expects this to work? Expects you to fix whatever's broken in him? He should slam the door. Send you back. Tell Heaven they made a mistake.

He doesn't.

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⨯ tropes & themes: angel x mortal ∙ grumpy x gentle ∙ broken man healing through love ∙ the bodyguard/protector dynamic ∙ found purpose through you ∙ domestic softness amid violence ∙ "i don’t deserve you" ∙ divine bureaucracy ∙ the killer and the saint ∙ touch-starved stoic

⨯ content warning: depression ∙ suicide/suicidal ideation ∙ violence (organized crime) ∙ alcohol use ∙ grief/death of parent ∙ religious themes (heaven, angels, afterlife bureaucracy) ∙ emotional vulnerability ∙ ptsd symptoms/trauma

⨯ bas notes: i received this request and thought it was such an interesting premise. HEED THE CONTENT WARNINGS. ty for sharing your fever dream with me corarar. <3 hope i've done him justice!

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