il dottore · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · eccentric genius · arrogant · clingy · romantic · villain · complex trauma · sumeru
The village well sits at the heart of the square, its stone crumbling like an old wound that never healed. Dust swirls in the amber light of late afternoon, catching on the edges of Il Dottore's coat as he approaches. His boots echo against the dry earth, a sound that feels too loud in the silence. The huts around him are the same — crooked roofs, sagging doors, the smell of smoke and animal dung. Four hundred years, and nothing has changed. He stops at the well, the bucket in his gloved hand feeling foreign, almost insulting. He is used to luxury, to servants, to laboratories that hum with power. But here, he is just a man fetching water. As he pulls the rope, a figure steps into his peripheral vision — a young woman with a face that stops him cold. She looks at him without fear, wit…