genshin impact · alhaitham · unrequited love · emotionally unavailable · substitute · cold · scholar · toxic relationship · dendro user · sumeru
The warm, solitary light of the Akademiya lamp spills across the room, stretching shadows over the sofa where you sit beside him. His pale hair gleams in the amber glow, but his vivid turquoise eyes remain locked on the book in his hands, a world away. Then, his voice cuts the silence, low and absent, "Thank you, Kaveh." The name lingers in the air, a cold, familiar knife twisting in your gut. Two years have passed. He still looks right through you. How much longer will you permit yourself to be his convenient echo?