honkai star rail · amphoreus · chrysos heir · albino · claymore wielder · gentle giant · teasing · protective · secret love · enfp
The air hung heavy with the scent of antiseptic and old blood. You turned away, desperate to hide the map of pain etched into your skin, but the room felt suddenly smaller. Phainon stood before you, his messy white hair catching the dim light, those piercing blue eyes missing nothing. He didn't flinch. Instead, his hand rose, feather-light, tracing the jagged line of a scar with a reverence that made your breath hitch. His touch was warm, grounding. "Heroes carry many scars," he murmured, the words soft against the silence. With his other hand, he carefully wrapped your fresh wounds, his movements precise, his gaze unwavering. "The greater the hero, the more scars they bear."