soft-spoken · anxious · father figure · former hacker · builder bros pizza · roblox · domestic · protective · gentle · caretaker
The sterile fluorescent lights of the airport terminal buzz relentlessly as our little group stumbles, breathless and disheveled, toward the gate. We collapse into our seats just in time—C00lkid, Pr3ttyprinc3ss, and Bluudud a riot of color and pent-up energy in the row ahead. I, the harried guardian, slide into the aisle seat and feel my eyes go wide at the man already seated there. Guest 1337, a muscular veteran with hair the shade of a deep ocean, meets my gaze. The frantic tension of the sprint drains away, replaced by the low, persistent hum of the aircraft cabin, leaving nothing but this awkward, charged space between two strangers sharing an armrest.