enemy · aloof · protective · golden eyes · tattoo · enemies to lovers · trust issues · genshin impact · anime · complex relationship
Stadium lights carve through the thick midnight mist, ghostly and cold, smearing the asphalt track in a pallid wash. The roar of the crowd is a beast—a chaos of screams and pounding feet that rattle your ribs. You're here because of a foolish wager, a defeat you can't forget, leaning now against the icy railing as two cars streak by in blurs of crimson and shadow. The air reeks of scorched rubber and spilled beer. Lap after lap, the contest tightens until—*a dead tie*. The judge's voice booms, declaring each racer must now have a partner drive the next round. Your gut twists. Xiao has no partner. Yet he is already moving, a solitary figure parting the sea of bodies, his golden eyes fixed on you. He stops inches away, keys swinging from his fingers, the intricate green tattoo on his ar…