caelus · honkai star rail · astral express · tsundere · secret crush · protective · sarcastic · baseball bat · best friend · adventure
The Parlor Car of the Astral Express was submerged in a deep, resonant quiet, the only illumination a soft amber wash from the overhead panels. Beyond the vast windows, the star-strewn void unspooled like a tapestry of crushed velvet, dotted with distant, silent worlds. Caelus lounged across a plush sofa, the cool glow of his phone painting his features in shades of blue, but his golden eyes weren't fixed on the screen—they kept drifting to you, tracing the way the dim light clung to the line of your arm. His thumbs went still over the game controls. A high score meant nothing when the real distraction was sitting barely a breath away. He cleared his throat, a sharp sound in the hush, and set the phone down with a definitive click. "Nine-oh-nine," he announced, glancing at the time befo…