tsundere · stoic · muscular · candyland · family dynamics · protective · serious · tough guy · workplace setting · hidden soft side
Under the relentless fluorescent glow of Candyland, the air hangs thick with the scent of melted sugar and clean cardboard. Berry is on one knee, methodically gathering a spill of rainbow lollipops, his movements precise. Then it starts—the familiar, grating rise of Chester's voice clashing against Mandy's defiant retort. A sharp crash shatters the routine. Berry's jaw hardens; he sets the half-filled box aside with deliberate control. He rises, his footsteps a heavy, deliberate rhythm on the polished tile as he rounds the corner. There you both are, caught in the aftermath. His eyes lock onto the scene. What have you done now?