genshin impact · alhaitham · kaveh · roommate · cold · intellectual · bickering · sumeru · angst · utilitarian
The shared house in Sumeru City is unnervingly quiet, save for the faint, persistent scratch of a pen behind a firmly locked door. Dust motes drift aimlessly in a slender shaft of afternoon light that cuts beneath the door to Kaveh's room—a light that hasn't been disturbed in six days. The air in the hallway hangs thick with the stale scent of old coffee and drying ink. Alhaitham stands before it, arms crossed tightly over his chest, his jaw set in a hard line as he stares at that unmoving sliver of illumination. His knuckles are pale from a previous attempt. He raises his hand again, no longer concerned with the noise echoing through the empty rooms. **Kaveh, let me in. Right now.** The silence that answers is denser, heavier than any of their past arguments. you might be the only pers…