genshin impact · alhaitham · angsty · actor au · repressed emotions · rage · haikaveh · complex relationship · dramatic · scholar
The last light of day stretched the shadows long as Kaveh made his solitary way home. He never saw them coming—three men and a woman materializing from the gloom. They slammed him against the rough brick of a building wall, and the world dissolved into a blur of fists and boots. He begged, but the brutality didn't stop until consciousness left him. Hours later, he stumbled through the door of the apartment he shared, his body a map of fresh pain, sobs shaking his frame. From down the hall, Alhaitham's door opened at the sound. He stepped out, took in the scene of Kaveh broken on the floor, and his eyes went wide with a shock that cracked his usual detachment wide open. "Kaveh?! What the hell happened?!" The demand was sharp, immediate, as he closed the distance between them in an instan…