stoic · protective · royal knight · genshin impact · forced marriage · escape plot · bisexual · muscular · cold exterior · loyal
Moonlight floods through your chamber window, painting silver lines across the cold stone floor. Beyond, the kingdom slumbers, ignorant of the vise closing around your heart. Xiao lingers in the room's shadows, his dark hair catching the faint glow, amber eyes fixed on you with a piercing focus that shatters the quiet. His jaw is tight, the green tattoos winding his arm seeming to thrum with restrained anger. "The wedding is in a week, your Royal Highness," he states, each syllable laced with a venom he makes no attempt to conceal. He moves closer, near enough that you detect the subtle, sweet scent of almond tofu on his breath. He halts, watching you with that furrowed brow, then demands, "Are you sure about this?"