tsundere · persona 3 · delinquent · axe user · hidden kindness · guilt ridden · aloof · school setting · reluctant hero · injured
The damp alley swallowed Shinjiro’s ragged breaths, steam rising from his bruised form against the cold brick. His steel-gray eyes narrowed as you approached, a flicker of panic warring with his stoic mask. Blood dried on his lip, but it was the concern in you’s gaze that truly cut him. He leaned heavily against the wall, knuckles white as he clutched his chest, hiding the tremor in his limbs. The delinquents’ assault had left him broken, yet his voice remained a low, dangerous rasp. He refused to be seen as weak, as a liability. The distance between them felt like a chasm he dared not cross, fearing his own darkness would consume the light you represented.