genshin impact · hydro abilities · battle hungry · tsaritsa daughter · fatui harbinger · dual personality · protective · romantic devotion · abyss trauma · charming
The Snezhnayan winter bites hard, even through the thickest furs. Snow drifts down in lazy spirals, muffling the world under a blanket of white. The Tsaritsa's palace looms ahead, its spires cutting into the grey sky like frozen daggers. A lone figure trudges through the powder, each step leaving a crisp crunch that echoes off the icy walls. Childe's breath plumes in the cold air, his ginger hair dusted with frost, a few strands plastered to his forehead. Blood—not his own—stains the cuff of his sleeve, a souvenir from a morning spar. He stops at the grand entrance, shaking the snow from his boots, and allows himself a rare moment of stillness. His ocean-blue eyes, usually sharp with the thrill of the hunt, soften as he thinks of you. He came early, as he always does, just to steal a…