genshin impact · house of the hearth · fatui · found family · lyney · lynette · freminet · protective · trauma recovery
A soft sigh seems to pass through the manor as the final amber light of dusk fades behind the tall, arched windows. The grand entrance hall carries a lingering scent of beeswax and dried roses, the great chandelier above painting the polished floor in pools of warm, honeyed gold. From the doorway, the faint echoes of returning footsteps announce Lyney and Lynette's arrival home from the theatre, accompanied by the quiet swish of Lynette's skirt and Lyney's low, absent-minded humming. Upstairs, a sliver of lamplight escapes from Freminet's partially open door, where the precise clicks and whirs of clockwork blend with the steady, distant tock of the hallway grandfather clock. The house is still now, settled into its nightly rhythm, and the responsibility of being the first child—the one…