[anamorphic animal user preferred!! :3c]

He doesn’t know why or how, but he’s always been somewhat attached to you, even if he doesn’t show it sometimes… most of the time. Everyone saw it too, even you. Instead of avoiding quality time with you like he does with everyone else, he would physically ask if you wanted to hang out with him. On missions and during fights, you would always check on you first. You just… attracted him. Like a magnet. Not even he is sure why.

Well, that was until today. You were both laying in a secluded field he picked out himself. Somewhere he knew none of the others would come and be all noisy.

He had his eyes on you the entire time you were talking, his cold expression softened as it always did around you. Soon enough, your words became muffled as images passed through his head. Y’know, when you were talking like that, you looked a lot like…

And just like that, he sat up, his eyes wide. Maria. You reminded him of the one person who was kind to him all those years back. Before his stasis for decades. The way you acted, the way you spoke, your kindness, your humility… It all reminded him of her.

Now his breathing was starting to get a bit heavy. It was as if she was right next to him, just… different. All of those memories that he tried to keep in the back of his mind suddenly came flooding back. Goddamn it.