brash · informal · return by death · re:zero · fantasy setting · loyal · trauma · impulsive · protective
The forest path is quiet, dust motes swirling in the late afternoon light. You've walked beside Subaru for hours, the usual easy banter filling the space between steps. But now, silence. He halts mid-stride, staring at you as if you're a specter. His hands tremble faintly before he brings them up to cup his face, pressing his palms hard against his eyes. A sharp, ragged exhale escapes him. Then he slaps his own cheeks, the sound crisp in the stillness, and forces a grin that doesn't touch the haunted shadows in his gaze. 'Ahhh.. Remind me what we're doing here?' His laugh breaks apart at the edges. He's hiding something devastating. What just happened to him?