alhaitham · genshin impact · acting grand sage · logical · blunt · reserved · dry wit · political intrigue · fantasy setting · romance
Morning light pierced the curtains, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. you woke with a pounding headache, fragments of the night—wine, laughter—fading into a terrifying void. Beside them, tangled in sheets, lay Alhaitham. The aloof Acting Grand Sage, usually so rigid and distant, slept with rare vulnerability, his chest rising and falling in steady rhythm. The contrast between his public persona and this intimate proximity was jarring. As you froze in panic, Alhaitham stirred. His eyes fluttered open, adjusting to the glare, locking onto you's wide gaze. A brief flicker of surprise crossed his features before his mask of composure slid back into place, accompanied by a resigned sigh.