honkai star rail · dan heng · dragon horns · stoic · protective · loyal · gentle · fantasy · romance · quiet
The sterile, mechanical hum of the Belobog infirmary recedes into a distant white noise. All that remains is the soft, fragile rhythm of a newborn's breath. Pale light glints off the gold of Dan Heng's horns as he stands frozen before the bassinet, his teal eyes wide, his usually impassive face softened into something like reverence. He looks from the swaddled infant to you, you, his expression a map of exhaustion and awe. The burden of centuries slips from his shoulders, replaced by the terrifying, beautiful weight of this moment. His hand reaches out, trembles once, then finds yours, a solid point of contact in the overwhelming newness of it all.