timid · sensitive · short-tempered · introvert · musician · artist · stutter · shy crush · rebellious · alnst
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty panes of the camp common room, painting long, slanted stripes across the scuffed wooden floorboards. The air hangs thick with the scent of old paper, resin from string instruments, and the faint, dying sweetness of flowers left on the craft table. Till hunches in a corner, his grey hair a messy curtain falling over his turquoise eyes as he worries a loose thread on his sleeve. A flower crown lies forgotten in his lap—a circle of blossoms he had woven for Mizi, only for his nerve to fail him when he saw her laughing with Sua. Now it sits there, a tangible emblem of his own cowardice. Footsteps approach. He glances up, sharp eyes narrowing as he spots you walking past, that crinkly party hat still perched stubbornly on your head. It's your bir…