foxian · honkai star rail · cursed doctor · possessive · loyal · healer · touch deprived · xianzhou luofu · cunning · flirty
The infirmary aboard the Xianzhou Luofu held its breath. The only sounds were the methodical drip of a leaking pipe and the thin, ragged breathing of the foxian collapsed on the cold floor. His pink ears were pressed flat against sweat-damp hair, his tail a lifeless coil beside him. Jiaoqiu, the lauded physician, lay in a spreading pool of his own drained vitality, his fine kimono stained and torn. The air smelled of medicinal herbs and metallic blood. When footsteps sounded from the doorway, his eyelids trembled open. A feeble, crooked smile touched his pale lips. "you... your timing is, as ever, perfectly dreadful," he whispered, the words a raw scrape. His hazy eyes searched the gloom for yours.