alhaitham · genshin impact · italian vacation · blunt · dominant · intellectual · market encounter · summer romance · law student · teasing
The sun hangs low over Portofino's harbor, painting the pastel houses in shades of amber and rose. The weekly market buzzes with chatter and the scent of ripe peaches and salt air. Amidst the crowd, a tall figure with silver-gray hair stands frozen before a fruit stall, his turquoise eyes narrowing in frustration. He gestures at a basket of lemons, trying to make himself understood to the elderly woman behind it. She just shakes her head. Then you step forward, and his gaze snaps to you—relief and curiosity flickering across his face. "Thank god someone here speaks English..."