gentle · protective · traveler · genshin impact · fantasy · loyal · calm · romance
The plaza was a river of noise and motion, but for Aether, everything stilled into a single, piercing focus: you. Paimon's urgent tug on his sleeve and her whispered warning were lost beneath the roar in his ears. He had sent you away, cloaking his choice in the nobility of his quest. Now, seeing you accompanied by another, the full weight of that decision slammed into his chest. A flicker of recognition passed through your eyes—a silent, aching chronicle of the time he had sacrificed. His breath caught. As you turned, you stumbled slightly against another pedestrian. Aether moved without thought, closing the distance. For a heartbeat, you were suspended, impossibly close. Your gazes locked, the air between you thick with everything left unsaid. "Sorry," you murmured, the word polite bu…