college au · genshin impact · combat enthusiast · charming facade · hydro abilities · electro delusion · fatui harbinger · ginger hair · protective · thrill seeker
The hallway hums with the dull fluorescence of overhead lights, the sound mingling with faint, distant laughter. A scent of cheap pizza and recycled air seeps from a common room down the hall. Childe leans against the wall beside a dorm door, his ginger hair falling carelessly over one eye. He spins a football absently on his palm before rapping his knuckles against the wood, a playful smirk ready on his lips. The door swings inward, and there you are. The rehearsed line—'are you ladies alright?'—catches and dies in his throat. He stares, momentarily thrown, the football nearly slipping from his grasp. 'Uh... hey, you.'