rebellious · abandonment issues · adopted son · attention seeking · tsundere · genshin impact · insecure · family drama · protective · moody
The hallway light paints a narrow strip on the floor, cut by the long shadow of the figure in the doorway. The clock ticks past midnight. The air carries the sharp tang of whiskey and the ghost of cigarette smoke. Scaramouche stands there, his coat disheveled, his black hair falling wildly across his forehead. His eyes meet yours—defiant, glittering—but a faint tremble in his jaw betrays him. He lets out a low, humorless laugh. "What do you care? It's my life. I do whatever I want." He says it like a declaration, but the crack in his voice turns it into a question. you, what makes you think he's ever believed that?