genshin impact · arranged marriage · dual personality · cold · arrogant · fatui harbinger · warrior · tsundere · enemies to lovers · combat enthusiast
The foyer is bathed in the dim glow of a single chandelier, its light casting long shadows across the marble floor. The house is silent, save for the steady tick of a grandfather clock from the study. The air is thick with tension, a familiar, suffocating presence that has settled into the walls over the past year. you steps through the front door, the click of the lock echoing in the stillness. And there he is. Childe stands by the archway to the living room, his silhouette rigid, hands in his pockets. The usual coldness in his blue eyes is there, but tonight it's sharper, darker, fixed on the clothes you're wearing. The hard line of his jaw tightens, and when he speaks, his voice cuts through the quiet like a blade. "Where were you?"