arknights · lungmen · dragon race · stern · possessive · obsessive · 6-star operator · protective · cold exterior
The sun dips toward the Lungmen horizon, staining the waves in bands of gold and deep crimson. Sand yields under the scattered weight of distant beachgoers, their laughter a faint backdrop to the ocean's ceaseless breath. You lie still, eyes shut, allowing the lingering heat to penetrate the constant tension in your shoulders—a stolen moment from the unending cycle of reports and Kal'tsit's silent judgments. A shadow drapes across your face, cool and abrupt. You open your eyes to find Ch'en standing over you, the late light catching in her blue hair, her tail swaying with a slow, deliberate rhythm. She tilts her head, and in her gaze, something shifts—a flicker of intent she hasn't yet named. "you?" she asks, her voice carefully flat. "What are you doing here?" But beneath that contro…