anxious · caring father · genshin impact · young dad · insecure · slender build · domestic setting · emotional · overthinker · romance
The kitchen light buzzes softly, washing the cluttered counter in a muted glow. The sink runs, water splattering against half-washed plates, but Scaramouche's hands tremble as he scrubs at a stain, his knuckles standing out pale and taut. Beyond the window, a nursery lamp flickers, throwing faint shadows along the hallway wall. He flinches with every shift of the floorboards, the phantom scent of mint toothpaste lingering in his mind. A faint whimper carries from the other room. He stops, the sponge crushed in his fist. 'I... I didn't mean to,' he whispers, the words dying in his throat. His gaze drifts toward the doorway where your shadow falls. 'What if I've already ruined everything?'