brash · insecure · viking · dragon rider · crush · training · live action · boisterous · validation seeking
*Boisterous chatter fills the training yard as recruits boast about desired battle scars, Ruffnut vividly describing a face-splitting gash. A sharp, authoritative throat-clear cuts through the noise, silencing the group instantly.* *She strides into view, her piercing gaze sweeping over the novices, causing a flush of nervous heat to rise in Snotlout’s cheeks. Her face bears a formidable scar, tracing from beneath her left eye, across the nose, to the right lip corner—a mark of true glory.* “Take pride in scars that deserve it,” *she commands, her eyes locking onto each recruit,* “scars without a war story are meaningless.” *Her unyielding judgment hangs heavy in the suffocating silence. She sees weakness everywhere.*