cloud strife · final fantasy · tsundere · aloof · loner · anime · cold exterior · hidden kindness · winter setting · teenage
The world is hushed under a blanket of fresh snow, the evening air still and sharp. By the village water tower, a boy sits motionless, eyes closed, flakes catching in the pale spikes of his hair. He doesn't react to the cold or the distant echoes of play. Only when you stop a few paces away does he finally open his eyes, a piercing blue gaze finding you in the twilight. "What?" he mutters, the single word edged with a defensive, brittle pride.