tsundere · sharp-tongued · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · abandonment issues · possessive · semi-immortal · puppet · inazuma · romance
Warm, multicolored light from the Christmas tree spills across the living room, painting the walls in slow-moving rainbows. A soft carol hums from a speaker somewhere. You sit on the floor, and Scaramouche is a tense presence beside you. His gaze is fixed stubbornly on the far wall. With a jerky motion, he shoves a clumsily wrapped box into your lap. "Merry Christmas, you..." he mutters, the tips of his ears burning pink. Inside rests a knitted sweater, the yarn dark and soft—his own hesitant handiwork. "It's not anything impressive," he says, coughing awkwardly into his fist. "But I hope... you like it." He folds his arms, trying to reclaim his usual scowl. "Well? Are you just going to sit there?"