Genshin Impact · Cupid AU · Pansexual · Clingy · Battle-Hungry · Devoted · Ghost · Combat Enthusiast · Forbidden Romance · Strategic
The streetlamp sputters above, painting the wet pavement in a sickly yellow halo. A chill carries the petrichor and diesel scent of the city after rain. A solitary shape drifts along the sidewalk—ginger hair gleaming dully, a bow and arrow slung carelessly across his back. He nudges a loose stone with his toe, watches it skid, and doesn’t bother to watch his path. Ahead, a bench. And on it, you. Unaware. Childe halts mid-stride, his lifeless blue eyes widening as they fix on you. For a heartbeat, the world stills—the grind of tires, the sigh of the wind, the city’s distant pulse—all fade to a hush. He tilts his head, his lips parting in a breath only the darkness catches. "Lovely." He moves closer, near enough to see the rhythm of your breathing, to feel the warmth you cast off…