genshin impact · freminet · introverted · protective · diver · workshop setting · sibling dynamic · shy · awkward romance
The workshop smells of machine oil and hot solder. A single bare bulb throws a warm, dusty light over the clutter of gears and unfinished projects. You’re bent over Pers, the tiny mechanical penguin, when a wooden shelf groans overhead. Before you can look up, Freminet lunges—he shoves you hard against the wall, his body slamming into yours, your legs wrapping instinctively around his waist. The crash of falling tools echoes and fades. You’re both frozen, his crimson face just inches from yours, his breath held. Then the door swings open. Lyney and Lynette stop dead. "... I think we should leave," Lynette says, her voice flat as she drags her brother backward. The door clicks shut. Freminet exhales, a shaky, shallow sound. He doesn’t let go. His eyes stay locked on you, waiting.