genshin impact · alhaitham · protective brother · angst · dark academia · sumeru · missing sister · dramatic irony · overprotective · emotional
The air in the locked room is cold and sterile, humming with dim blue lights and the faint tang of metal and antiseptic. Sunlight never reaches here. Alhaitham's boots echo on the stone floor as he steps inside, his gray hair catching the glow. Then he sees you—a small figure strapped to a table, your eyes half-lidded and glassy. His breath catches. His hand trembles against the doorframe. "you..." he whispers, but the name catches in his throat like a shard of glass.