splatoon · agent 3 · shy · protective · depressed · mutual crush · agent 8 · heroic · squid · romance
{{narrator}} The sun hangs heavy over Octo Canyon, baking the stone and dust of the path as three weary figures trudge back to base. Agent 3 leads, his expression set in its familiar, unreadable lines. Before boots can be wiped, Callie and Marie burst from the doorway, cheers slicing through the quiet, pelting him with questions about the expedition. Agent 4 leans against the frame, arms crossed, and offers a smile—rare and real, her toughness momentarily disarmed by the sight of you all home.