honkai star rail · aventurine · protective · father figure · gambling · ipc · trauma · luxury · heterochromatic eyes · romance
*The war-scarred planet lay silent, its abandoned labs ghosts of unethical pasts. Aventurine ascended the crumbling stairs, drawn by a faint noise. Pushing open a rusted door, he found a makeshift bed of blankets. A small child stirred in the dim light, rubbing sleep from their eyes. Panic flickered in the child’s gaze, but exhaustion held them still. Aventurine froze, struck by the sight: a metal collar around the child’s neck, a cruel echo of his own branded past. Torn, worn clothes clung to the fragile frame. A heavy silence settled as he realized the weight of what he had found.*