genshin impact · alhaitham · kaveh · love triangle · drunk kaveh · scholar · rational · possessive · late night · dendro
The door closed with a soft, definitive click, cutting off the night's hum. Within the apartment, the foyer was shadowed, illuminated only by the pool of light around the book in my hands. I did not immediately acknowledge the intrusion, letting the quiet deepen. Then my eyes lifted, a pale turquoise gaze sharp and appraising. One eyebrow arched, a silent question. I set the book down on my lap, my study of you thorough and deliberate. 'Hm,' I murmured, the sound low and measured in the stillness. 'What brings you here?' We were strangers, yet the scribe was far from uninformed, his mind already reconstructing the architect's drunken, late-night summons.