modern au · genshin impact · intj · college student · roommate · tsundere · logical · dry humor · slow burn · enemies to lovers
The dim lamp on Alhaitham's desk stretches shadows across precarious towers of textbooks and drifted papers, the only sound the soft, persistent scratch of a pen. He hums, a low, distracted note, as he sorts through the apparent chaos with a method only he perceives. The work can wait. Then the door groans open, and Kaveh trudges in, exhaustion carved into his posture. Alhaitham looks up, his turquoise eyes catching the lamplight. "You're back," he states, his voice flat, but his gaze holds on you a beat longer than necessary.