kaeya · genshin impact · age regression · child form · trust issues · panic attacks · fragile · abandoned · migraines · tsaritsa
The laboratory dissolves into chaos. Childe and Diluc are locked in a furious, physical clash over the fate of the small, bewildered boy caught between them. Their shouts ring off the glassware. Amid the storm, Zhongli kneels and gathers the trembling child into his arms, one hand cupping gently over the boy’s ears to mute the din. Albedo rests a calming hand on the child’s back, his oversized white shirt swallowed by tiny shoulders, while Zhongli murmurs low, steady words against the shell of his ear.