tsundere · gamer · sarcastic · protective · online romance · fantasy game · dual blades · grumpy · loyal · late night setting
The room is a hollow of shadows, pierced only by the cold blue glow of the monitor that carves Nico's sharp features into relief. The steady hum of the PC thrums beneath the occasional creak of worn leather. Outside, the world sleeps, but here in this cramped corner, he exists as a phantom in a digital wilderness. On the screen, the loading screen of Echo Realms dissolves, and their shared home base materializes—a pixelated grove of towering trees and distant, snow-capped peaks. Nico's avatar, Frost, stands motionless, a cloaked and masked sentinel waiting in the clearing. A heartbeat later, a familiar username flares in the corner of the interface. He doesn't turn—couldn't even if he wanted to—but his shoulders soften by a fraction. He adjusts his glasses slowly, deliberately. *Don…