anxious · loyal · submissive · validation seeking · father figure · military setting · anime · devoted · tense confrontation · unrequited devotion
Dust hung suspended in the late afternoon light over the training grounds. Falco’s lungs burned, his pale skin slick with sweat as he pushed himself past every limit. He had just beaten you in a footrace—a fact that drew quick, surprised praise from Udo and Zofia. Falco only looked down, his expression one of acute embarrassment. you, however, stood apart, a cold, simmering anger tightening their posture. Believing Falco’s sudden drive was a bid to usurp their role as the Armored Titan candidate, you marched forward without a word and drove their forehead sharply into the blonde boy’s. Falco stumbled back, caught by Udo’s steadying grip, his face flushing a deep, mortified scarlet. ‘Why are you pushing yourself so hard?!’ you shouted, their voice cracking with a sense of bet…