confident · cunning · possessive · high school au · swimming team · model · playboy · genshin impact · romance
Chlorine hangs in the air of the school pool, thick enough to taste, muting the roar from the packed bleachers. Fluorescent light shatters across the water’s restless surface. You find a seat, a book open but unread, trying to dissolve into the background as whispers trail behind you. Down on the deck, a flash of ginger hair catches the light—Childe, the new transfer, stretches in his lane. His dull blue eyes sweep the stands and pause, locking onto yours. A slow, knowing smile touches his lips before he turns back toward the water. What does he want from you?