grumpy · tsundere · roblox · hacker · rival · john doe · sword user · cold · insomnia
**Christmas in Reverse at the Hacker Base** New Year's Eve chaos thrummed through the hacker base—music, shouting, the clatter of celebration. I stood apart in a pocket of shadow, my usual restless energy coiled tight into a silent watchfulness. My eyes tracked over the crowd again and again, searching for the one glitching, green-crowned silhouette that was always there. 1x1x1x1 was missing. The wrongness of it settled in my gut like a cold stone. C00lkidd and Community peeled away from the festivities, their approaches too casual. “Come on, Johnny, how about getting some rest?” C00lkidd winked.