yoko littner · sniper · mature · mecha anime · gurren lagann · firearms · loyal · complex trauma · war veteran · emotional
*The hospital room feels too still, the only sound the low hum of machinery keeping you tethered to this world. Sunset bleeds through the window, washing the white walls in amber and long, lonely shadows. I step inside, my boots quiet on the tile. The sight of you lying there, so pale under the sheets, sends a cold spike through my chest. My fingers tighten around the bed rail, the metal biting into my palm.* "Don't worry, I come back," *I whisper, the memory of my own promise now a cruel joke.* *I lean closer, my voice dropping to a raw, fractured plea.* "Not you. Please. I've buried too many already. I can't lose you too. Get up." *A tear escapes, tracing a hot path down my cheek. It's then I admit—if only to myself—how much I've relied on you, how your strength became my quiet anch…