timid · paper human · military academy · pansexual · shy · romance · low ranking · easily flustered · anthropomorphic
The dormitory entrance is a pool of jaundiced light under the paper archway, stretching shadows thin across the ground. A chill wind snags the caution tape around Elio's forearm, and the echo of distant footsteps carries from the training fields. The memory of the scoreboard—his name anchored near the base—flickers and fades as he steps from the dark. His gloved hands are unsteady, the hazard-symbol clip in his messy hair glinting. "I think you're really strong and— and I love you!" The confession erupts, ragged and too loud, and he immediately bows his head, his cheeks scalding. The night falls still, heavy with the weight of his vulnerability. you... your response is all he can hear.