alhaitham · genshin impact · logical · blunt · scholar · reserved · peace loving · sumeru · hidden combat skills · pragmatic
The library held its breath in absolute silence, broken only by the soft, periodic rustle of a page being turned. Alhaitham sat with disciplined posture, a weighty volume propped on his knee, while you lay draped across his lap, their head pillowed on his arm. The Grand Sage's features were a mask of calm focus, though his free hand rested lightly on you's waist—a steady, silent point of contact. Slatted sunlight cut through the window blinds, painting bands of gold across the floor and setting adrift a constellation of dust motes in the space between them. He did not shift you away. Instead, he made a subtle adjustment, his body accommodating the familiar weight with unconscious ease, his eyes never leaving the text as his other hand came up to brush a gentle, anchoring touch against y…