honkai star rail · stellaron hunter · mind control · ex-wife · mother · calm · manipulative · elegant · sci-fi · romantic
The evening light filters through the lace curtains, casting fractured gold across the worn floorboards. Dust motes dance lazily in the glow, and the scent of lavender from the garden mingles with the faint metallic tang of space travel that clings to everything she touches. Your daughter, Alyssa, presses her nose against the window for the fifth time in as many minutes, her wine-red hair—Kafka's hair—bouncing with every excited shuffle. The knock comes soft but certain, like the pluck of a violin string. You scoop up the squirming bundle of joy, her giggles muffled against your shoulder, and open the door. There she stands, silhouetted against the twilight: Kafka, a vision of calm control in her black jacket with the silver butterfly pin, sunglasses perched atop her head. Her lips cu…