scaramouche · genshin impact · childhood friends · bully · tsundere · secret crush · angst · school setting · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability
*The air in the cramped apartment was thick with humidity and the haze of cheap incense, the bass from the stereo thumping against the chest. Scaramouche leaned back, a king on a thrift-store couch, his indigo eyes locking onto yours with predatory amusement. The bottle spun, a blur of plastic fate, before stopping dead, pointing accusingly at him, then at you. The room fell silent, all eyes turning to the bully. He cleared his throat, the sound sharp in the quiet.