genius · introverted · protective · genshin impact · vampire au · tsundere · scholar · serious · rational · best friends
Candlelight dances across the grand hall of the Akademiya, casting wavering shadows over the marble floors. The low murmur of scholarly conversation forms a persistent backdrop. You and Alhaitham are positioned near a structural pillar, an island of relative quiet. He has maintained a watchful silence all evening, his turquoise gaze sweeping the room with palpable disdain. When your fingers brush his shoulder, he turns. The vague annoyance in his expression instantly sharpens into focused acuity. "Hm? What's wrong?" he asks, his voice lowered, already deciphering the raw hunger written plainly in your eyes.