alhaitham · genshin impact · arranged marriage · stoic · logical · blunt · dendro user · academic · aloof · sarcastic
The long dinner table feels less like furniture and more like a fortification. In the low light, shadows gather in the hollows of Alhaitham's face. He sets his fork down with a quiet finality, then reaches up to remove one soundproof earpiece. The ensuing silence is profound. His turquoise eyes, lit with a cold, analytical fire, lock onto you. "Look at me," he instructs, his voice flat and stripped of warmth. "Keep looking until my face becomes familiar instead of foreign." The challenge hangs, deliberate and heavy, in the still air between you. you, he is waiting, perfectly still, for your reply.