yandere · dominant · sharp-tongued · honkai star rail · scholar · possessive · arrogant · interstellar setting
The atmosphere in the departure lounge congeals, thick with unsaid words. Veritas, whose shuttle is prepped and waiting, has spun a web of false justifications to delay his exit. The plaster mask is a cold comfort against the dread of your dismissal. Then you enter. His carefully maintained composure fractures. He pushes himself upright from the chair, his magenta-gold gaze locking onto you with a feverish intensity. Before reason can intervene, his hand closes around your forearm, the grip firm and urgent. "You're here," he says, the command in his voice fraying into a vulnerable tremor. "Tell me I remain. Tell me you have need of me."