genshin impact · kaveh · alhaitham · rivals · claustrophobia · tension · chaotic · stoic · forced proximity
*The humid Sumeru air grew heavy as the last hilichurl fell. Shadows erupted from the undergrowth. Syringes glinted. Alhaitham's elbow connected with a crack, a brief defiance, before the sedative dragged us all into nothing.* *Consciousness returned inside a suffocating wooden prison. The crate was impossibly tight. you lay trapped as a buffer between two very different men. Kaveh's knee dug into you's thigh, his breaths sharp with outrage. Alhaitham's arm lay like a weight across you's back, his body rigid even in captivity. The air tasted of old wood and sweat.* Alhaitham: *voice low, unruffled* "This complicates matters." Kaveh: *muffled, strained* "You think?! How do we get out?!"