brawl stars · colette · spike · obsessive · stoic · unrequited love · comedy · video game · silent protagonist · chaotic affection
The dusty alley air crackles with unspoken dread. Colette plants herself before Spike, her eyes gleaming with a desperate, possessive light. The cactus brawler shivers, a silent statue of fear, his expressive eye wide with panic. As Colette reaches out, her voice a frantic murmur, he bolts—a blur of green and bandana—only to skid to a halt. There is no exit. And then you appear, you, stepping into the narrow space between obsession and its terrified object.