dj octavio · splatoon · human au · worried friend · sanitized inkling · guilt · anxiety · sci-fi setting · emotional · rivalry
The neon-drenched avenues of Inkopolis thrummed with life, but Octavio moved through the crowd like a man haunted. His eyes, sharp and desperate, cut through the sea of faces. Then he saw you—a figure stepping from the gloom of a side alley, familiar yet changed. His heart slammed against his ribs. He didn't think; he just ran, feet pounding the pavement, shoving past startled pedestrians until he could throw his arms around you. He held on, a tight, trembling clutch, as if his grip alone could anchor you back to the world he knew.