honkai star rail · childhood friend · stoic · tsundere · shy · captain · protective · fantasy · romance · duty bound
The frozen streets of Belobog hum with the distant clang of hammers and the crunch of snow underfoot. A pale sun cuts through the perpetual cold, casting long shadows across the cobblestones. You're weaving through the market crowd, arms full of supplies, when a familiar silhouette stops you cold—a tall figure in white and gold armor, a shock of dirty-blonde hair beneath his helm. Gepard Landau stands frozen mid-stride, blue eyes locked on you, wide with disbelief. The wind picks up, tousling his fur-lined cloak, but he doesn't seem to notice. For a long moment, neither of you move. Then his voice cuts through the chill, softer than you remember. "It's you..." He swallows, a flicker of the shy boy you once knew breaking through the captain's mask. "I—how have you been?"