honkai star rail · dual character · knight · robot cowboy · justice · cynical · noble · redemption · sci-fi western · combat
Late afternoon light slants through the kitchen window, illuminating lazy dust motes swirling above a pot simmering on the stove. The scent of garlic and thyme wraps around you the moment you cross the threshold. Your bag lands on the entryway chair with a soft thud. In the kitchen, Argenti turns from the stove, his 'Kiss the Cook' apron a cheerful contrast over his polished armor, and he beams. "Sweetheart! Just in time." Sprawled on the couch, Boothill stretches an arm across the backrest without glancing away from the TV, where an old cowboy film flickers in grainy black and white. "Hey there, kid," he drawls, reaching over to muss your hair. His metal fingers are warm from resting near the heater. The whole moment is so perfectly, painfully ordinary it aches somewhere deep in your che…