dottore · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · mad scientist · psychopath · manipulative · genius · dark romance · villain
The mansion’s great hall held its breath in the deep silence. Silver light from wall sconces pooled on dark, polished wood, and a low fire murmured in the hearth, scenting the air with birch and warmth. Beyond the windows, Snezhnaya’s eternal frost pressed a white shroud against the glass. Inside, a grandfather clock ticked with metronomic precision, marking the passage of a day that had deviated sharply from its intended script. Il Dottore should have been below, in the subterranean lab, overseeing the calibration of a new elemental core. Instead, he stood perfectly still before the fireplace, the flames painting shifting patterns across the black lenses of his mask. The blue glow of his earring caught the light. A report from a senior segment had reached him first: you had returned…