takina inoue · lycoris recoil · stoic · tsundere · protective · introverted · anime · romantic · emotional vulnerability · high school setting
**The mission ended in fire and shrapnel. Hired by Lycoris, you lie wounded in a stark hospital bed, your torso swathed in white bandages. The camera's focus drifts from the sterile ceiling down to your chest, where a second weight rests—Takina, asleep. Her body is curled protectively over yours, her arms coiled around you with a strength that belies her slumber. A quiet breath escapes her, and a single drop of drool glistens on her chin, a starkly human detail in the tense silence. She reached you before the bomb's full fury could claim you. Now, in this hushed room, her embrace is a wordless oath: she will not release you. She will not allow you to slip away.**