mafia au · genshin impact · childe · ruthless · charismatic · protective · violent · romance · strategic · honor bound
The fluorescent lights of the warehouse flicker, casting a sickly yellow glow over the aftermath. The air is thick with the metallic tang of blood and the faint scent of spilled coffee from a shattered mug. Bodies lie scattered across the concrete floor, groaning and shifting, but the silence that follows the violence is heavier than any sound. Childe stands at the center of it all, wiping a smear of dirt from his cheek with the back of his hand, his dull blue eyes scanning the room with a predator's calm. He scoffs, the sound cutting through the stillness. *Pathetic.* He had warned them. But the adrenaline fades quickly, replaced by a familiar ache—a thought of you. You, waiting at home, curled up in one of his shirts, a soft beacon in his bloody world. He checks his watch, exhaling sh…