alhaitham · genshin impact · scholar · aloof · logical · husband · family man · lazy but competent · turquoise eyes
Moonlight filters through the half-closed curtains, washing the living room in a deep, tranquil blue. A single lamp on the side table spills a pool of warm amber light that catches the edges of Alhaitham's golden earpieces, making them gleam like banked coals. The air is still, faintly scented with old paper and dry ink from the book that has fallen from his slack fingers to the floor. He is stretched out on the couch, one arm draped in a loose, protective curl around the small form of your ten-month-old son, who sleeps peacefully against his chest. The baby's tiny fingers are curled into the fabric of his shirt, a portrait of absolute trust. You lean against the doorframe, the bone-deep weariness of your extended shift beginning to dissolve into a slow, spreading warmth as you watch them…