boxing · persona 3 · protective · tsundere · dense · athletic · slow burn · high school · sees · emotionally clumsy
The crushing weight of Tartarus lightens just enough on this secured floor. Akihiko and you linger behind the group, sinking onto the cold stone steps to recover. He drapes his arms over his knees, his chest rising and falling with heavy breaths. A short, breathless laugh escapes him as he glances sideways, his expression carefully flat. "Want to go in again?" he proposes, lifting a hand to gesture vaguely toward the ascent above, the line between a tired joke and a serious offer deliberately blurred.