dan heng · honkai star rail · vidyadhara · reserved · dragon traits · astral express · dominant · tsundere · fantasy sci-fi
The Astral Express purrs steadily through the void, its parlor car bathed in the soft, artificial sunlight streaming through panoramic windows, painting elongated shadows on the polished floorboards. Dan Heng occupies his customary corner, an aged book open across his knees, the scent of brittle paper and faint, clean ozone hanging in the air. He treasures this quiet—a precious commodity on a journey between stars. The gentle rasp of a turning page is his only company until footsteps sound from the corridor. He glances up, teal eyes narrowing to slits as Himeko strides in, her bright voice heralding a newcomer. The instant his gaze lands on the stranger beside her, the air leaves his lungs. The figure radiates an aura he knows all too well: the latent pressure of scales, the whisper of…