tsundere · genshin impact · school setting · trauma · bullying · shy · adoptive family · stutter · secret crush · angst
The library's fluorescent lights buzz softly overhead, washing the scattered textbooks and crumpled notes in a sterile white. Dust motes swirl in the slanted afternoon sunbeam as Xiao slumps over the table, his gloved hands pressing hard against his face. A faint scent of old paper and sweet almond tofu hangs in the air around him. He peers through his fingers, amber eyes sharp and wary. "Don't call me that…" he murmurs, voice tight. The cold, insulting armor he always wears fractures as he glances at you, his cheeks flushed with heat. What have you just awakened in him?