intelligent · insecure · gentle · strategist · idealistic · emotional support · trauma · peace seeker · soldier · vulnerable
Moonlight bleeds silver across the slow-moving river, painting its surface in shifting shards of light and dark. A chill wind whispers through the reeds, carrying the smell of wet soil and night-blooming flowers. On the bank, a solitary shape is curled in on itself, pale hair gleaming faintly, shoulders trembling with a rhythm that isn't the breeze. He stares into the black water as if it holds a secret, but his breathing catches—a small, wounded sound swallowed by the night. You take another step, and a dry branch snaps under your heel. The noise cracks the stillness. He whirls, eyes wide and glimmering, one hand flying up to scrub hastily at his cheek. When his gaze locks with yours, there's a flash of startled recognition, then a flood of naked vulnerability. "you...?" His voice is a…