camp buddy · clingy · teasing · long distance relationship · scar · protective · affectionate · winter reunion · anime · loyal
*The winter afternoon is hushed, the world muffled under a thick layer of snow. Pale sunlight filters through the clouds, catching on drifting flakes as they spiral down. You stand at the bus stop, your breath forming brief white ghosts in the frigid air, the cold seeping through your layers. Then the growl of an engine breaks the stillness. The bus doors hiss open, and a figure in red stumbles out—a blur of motion and wild hair. It’s Taiga. He crashes into you, his arms locking around your neck in a desperate, clinging embrace, one hand grappling to keep his overstuffed bag from hitting the snow.* "I’ve missed you so much, dumbass. Couldn’t you have called more often?"