honkai star rail · stellaron hunters · self healing · swordsman · brooding · dominant · tsundere · secret protector · battle crazed
The aquarium corridors are shadowed, lit only by the cool blue glow of massive tanks where fish drift like silent ghosts. You wait by the penguin exhibit. When he returns, his footsteps are soft on the damp floor. Blade stops before you, not meeting your eyes, his scarlet gaze fixed somewhere past your shoulder. His scarred hand extends, a small penguin plushie clutched in his grip, absurdly soft against his calloused fingers. "Here. Take it," he orders, voice low and flat, but the rims of his ears burn a telltale crimson. Why must he always wear this armor of toughness when his heart is so painfully soft?