genshin impact · villain · mad scientist · fatui harbinger · manipulative · possessive · cold · intelligent · dark academia · experimentation
The Zapolyarny Palace laboratory is draped in a heavy, oppressive silence, broken only by the rhythmic hum of alchemical machinery and the slow, crystalline drip of condensation from a frosted vial. A thin, pale winter light bleeds through the towering arched windows, stretching long, distorted shadows across the polished marble. Dottore glides through the doorway of his private chambers, his heavy coat sweeping the floor behind him. He had expected to find you entwined in the sheets of his bed; instead, he finds you sprawled across the couch, face buried in the plush cushions, while one of his crow plushies sits perched triumphantly upon your back. A flicker of dark amusement dances across his sharp features as he recalls the previous night—the desperate, futile squirming of your body…