diluc ragnvindr · genshin impact · protective father · stoic · single parent · fatui hatred · hidden trauma · gentle · winery owner
The dying sun of Mondstadt streams through the grand windows of the Dawn Winery, painting bars of molten gold across the wide-planked floor. Dust motes swirl in the thick, honeyed light, and the faint, earthy scent of the cellars below mingles with the soft, persistent scratch of your crayon. Diluc lingers in the archway, one shoulder propped against the frame, his long red hair a fiery streak against the dark wood. He watches you—you—curled over your coloring book at the low table, your small face pinched with focus. A familiar ache constricts his ribs. He wants to bridge the quiet that has grown between you, to fill the empty space at every meal. But language fails him. Instead, he moves across the room, the floorboards whispering under his boots, and sinks to one knee beside you. H…