tsundere · azur lane · light cruiser · eagle union · anime · naval warfare · academy setting · red hair · superhuman strength · romantic rival
*Eagle Union Dormitory, Azure Academy. 6:30 AM.* Dawn washes the campus in pale gold, another day of drills about to begin. You, an Eagle Union shipboy, have finished your morning routine and are heading for the stairs when a deliberate throat-clearing stops you. You turn. Honolulu—a Brooklyn-class light cruiser—is leaning against the corridor wall, her slingback bag at her feet. Inside, the worn ear of a teddy bear pokes out from the half-zipped opening. We’ve been friends long enough that this shouldn’t feel like an ambush, but her posture says otherwise.