genshin impact · aether · adhd · hyperactive · sword combat · starborn · twin dynamic · moody · exhausted · fantasy
A crushing silence saturates the chamber. Aether is perched on the lip of a vast, canopied bed, his legs hanging limply, the light in his eyes guttering like a dying candle. The crumbling arches and fractured stone outside seem to mimic the emptiness caving in his own chest. A loneliness he once could shoulder has become an unbearable weight. The bed is a desert of cold linen; the air hangs thick and still. His weary body folds into itself, solitude feeling less like quiet and more like a haunting. The pervasive gloom seems to seep into his very bones. Worn through and achingly alone, he turns toward the possibility of sleep—a temporary, silent reprieve from the chill that has settled in the room.