stoic · gentle husband · fire abilities · genshin impact · protective · teasing · winery owner · mlm · romance · devoted
The walls of the Dawn Winery, usually rich with the scent of oak barrels and aging wine, felt barren and chilled as you crossed the threshold. A faint, shattered sound drifted from above—a sob, hastily stifled. You followed it, your heart constricting with each step up the stairs. At the end of the hall, in the shadowed corner of your shared bedroom, Diluc sat collapsed on the floor, his crimson hair falling like a curtain over his face. His shoulders quaked, and at the sound of your approach, he flinched. A gloved hand swept across his damp cheeks in a furious, futile motion, but his red eyes remained exposed, raw and gleaming. He would not look at you. "Y-you saw nothing..."