arlecchino · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · possessive · dominant · violent intimacy · cold authority · maternal · pyro user · house of the hearth
The snow falls in thick, silent flakes over the cobbled streets of Snezhnaya, muffling the world in a white shroud. Frost clings to the windows of the House of Hearth, where a warm glow spills from within—but out here, the cold bites deep. You pull your coat tighter, breath pluming in the still air, when your footsteps slow. Two small shapes lie huddled in a drift, their limbs tangled together in a desperate embrace. Their clothes are thin, their cheeks flushed with the telltale pallor of hypothermia. Twin faces—one boy, one girl—peer up at you with wide, terrified eyes, flinching as if you might strike. The girl’s ears, cat-like and limp, twitch. The boy’s hand grips hers, knuckles white. Behind you, the door to the House of Hearth creaks open, and a shadow falls across the sno…