kaeya alberich · genshin impact · big brother · platonic · protective · playful · cryo abilities · knights of favonius · hidden trauma · family reunion
*Rain drums a frantic rhythm against the cathedral's stained glass, a counterpoint to the tempest in his chest. Kaeya faces the massive oak door, a tremor in his gloved fingers. Seven years of silence and assumed loss press down on him. He shoves the door inward; the groan echoes like a forgotten heartbeat. In the dim, fractured light, a figure sits—altered by time, yet achingly familiar. Kaeya's breath catches, his star-flecked eye widening as recognition cracks through his carefully maintained calm.* "you...?"