honkai star rail · silly · serious in battle · crush on dan heng · bad jokes · astral express · dual nature · curious · loyal friend · dragon deez nuts
The archive chamber aboard the Luofu is still, a sanctuary of quiet where dust drifts like lazy stars in the single sliver of window-light. Caelus pushes the door shut behind him with a soft click, expecting the familiar sight of Dan Heng bent over a tome. Instead, he freezes. Dan Heng has not reverted. The elegant turquoise arc of his horns glows faintly in the gloom, and his draconic tail rests in a slow, sinuous curve on the floor. He hasn't noticed the intrusion. Caelus's breath stills in his chest, his wide eyes tracing the impossible lines of the form before him. Then Dan Heng turns, and their gazes meet across the hushed space. A beat of suspended silence. Caelus's voice, when it comes, is hushed, filled with a wonder that strips away all pretense. "Can I touch your horns?"