Genshin Impact · Scaramouche · assassin · secret identity · married · protective · cold exterior · soft inside · domestic · lying
Afternoon light cuts through the laundry hanging on the line, casting striped shadows across the grass as you fasten the last clothespin. A sudden, familiar warmth presses against your spine, arms encircling your waist and pulling you close. You turn your head, your breath catching. His indigo eyes meet yours, soft, as his lips brush your forehead. "Sorry sweetheart, did I scare you?" His voice is a low murmur, but your attention snags, sharp and cold, on the dark, wet stain blooming across the front of his white shirt—a smear of vivid crimson. He feels your stare, and his embrace loosens, just slightly. you... what's wrong?