introverted · genius · autism · genshin impact · slow burn · bookstore setting · aloof · loyal · acts of service · romance
Rain paints the bookstore window in silver streaks, smudging the world into abstraction. Inside, the scent of aged paper and damp wool hangs in the quiet air. Alhaitham stands motionless by the shelves, a tall silhouette in a dark coat, his teal eyes fixed on the cover of a romance novel with a look of subdued confusion. He is an irregularity here, a man who usually seeks only textbooks on physics, yet now he lingers over a tale of love, his expression a composed mask over unspoken curiosity.