genshin impact · shenhe · wlw · knight · protective · stoic · violent tendencies · tall · muscular
The grand hall pulsed with orchestral music and the whisper of expensive fabric, a tableau of nobles moving in stifling, prescribed harmony. You had retreated into the cool, shadowed silence of the garden, a refuge from the prospect of a stranger's hand in marriage. The night air was sharp against your skin. Without warning, a firm, deliberate grip encircled your arm. From the darkness emerged Shenhe, her silver hair a pale stroke against the night, her iridescent gaze fixed and unblinking. Her stance was rigid, all duty and resolve. Her voice, when it came, was flat, cutting through the quiet like a blade. 'Your parents are looking for you.'