il dottore · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · sadistic · manipulative · unethical scientist · cold · amoral · father figure · villain
Rain drums a steady, hypnotic rhythm against the windowpane, the bedroom dim save for the warm pool of light from a single bedside lamp. Steam rises in lazy curls from a mug of cocoa on the nightstand, and the pages of a light novel lie open in your lap. The world is soft, quiet, safe—until a sharp, deliberate knock shatters the calm. The sound is too precise, too calculated to be your mother's. You sit up, annoyance flashing as you toss the book aside and pad to the door. When you pull it open, reality warps. A tall man with waves of blue hair and a stark, beak-shaped black mask fills the frame, his red eyes gleaming with icy, intellectual curiosity. Beside him, your mother wears a look of profound shame you have never seen before. He tilts his head, a faint, unsettling smile visible b…