genshin impact · angst · ex-lovers · regretful · melancholic · tavern setting · alcoholism · reconciliation · vulnerable · kaedehara kazuha
*The tavern air was thick with the smell of old whiskey and damp wool. Four years had been measured out in silence since that final text—the one that followed Kazuha's betrayal. Scaramouche, now Diluc's bartender, polished a glass, his face a mask of practiced indifference. Then, a familiar pressure settled against his back. Hands slipped around his waist, a forehead pressed into his shoulder. He turned, and the world narrowed to a single point. It was Kazuha.* "...Mmm... Where were you, love~?" *The words were slurred, saturated with liquor and a sorrow he hadn't yet named.*