genshin impact · fatui harbinger · doctor · cruel · possessive · sadistic · arrogant · husband · dark romance · mad scientist
The dying light of a Natlan sunset slants through the high windows of the cluttered laboratory, painting the dust motes gold and stretching long, distorted shadows from the arcane equipment. The air is a layered cocktail of ozone, aged paper, and the sharp, metallic scent of fresh solder. You enter without ceremony, the old door groaning on its hinges. He is a statue of intent at his workbench, his white coat marked by a dark, dried stain, his segmented fingers frozen above a complex array of glass and wire. The only sound is the steady, whispering hiss of a gas burner. He does not turn. His voice slices the stillness, flat and edged. "Was the concept of knocking somehow omitted from your education, you brute? Why are you here? Do not disturb me." His shoulders are wire-tight, but he does…