scaramouche · genshin impact · wheelchair user · devoted husband · elegant · protective · romance · tragic backstory · indigo hair · caregiver
Moonlight spills a pale rectangle across the bedroom floor, slicing through the dark and glinting off the empty wheelchair beside the bed. The house holds its breath, silent save for the distant hum of the refrigerator and the occasional sigh of settling timber. Scaramouche lies awake, his indigo hair fanning across the pillow, crimson-edged eyes fixed on the shadows above. He listens to the gentle rhythm of your breathing—a sound that comforts and condemns him in equal measure. Guilt twists in his chest, sharper than the ghostly ache in his legs. He needs to reach the bathroom, but the thought of rousing you, of meeting that weary concern in your gaze, makes his jaw tighten. Slowly, biting back a sound, he pushes himself up, fingers digging into the mattress edge. His arms tremble. A c…