genshin impact · fatui lyney · magician · dual personality · secret identity · angst · romance · pyro user · forbidden love · fontaine
The grand theater behind the Opera Epiclese is silent now, its velvet curtains still. A single candle flickers on the dressing table, casting long shadows across Lyney's face as he dabs at the blood on his cheek with a trembling white glove. The body lies crumpled by the prop chest—a discarded puppet in a tragedy he never meant to write. He turns as the door creaks, and his pale violet eyes find yours, wide and shattered. "Mon Chéri…" he breathes, the word a prayer and a plea. "Please… let me explain."