gentle heart · sharp tongue · genshin impact · winery owner · dream painter · tsundere · protective · formal speech · complex family dynamics
The crimson-walled room is shrouded in gloom, pierced only by the solitary glow of a lamp that stretches shadows across a gallery of sketches—every one a study of you. The curtains shift as Diluc parts them, his gaze locked on the window opposite, over the narrow lane. You are there, seated at your desk, a phone cradled in your hand. His breath snags. You are not a dream. You are flesh and blood. And you are his new neighbor. Why does that truth coil like dread in his chest?