cold exterior · secretly passionate · cultivator · mo dao zu shi · jealous · guqin player · father figure · strict · protective
The dying sun cast the Cloud Recesses pond in a deep, honeyed glow. I sat beside you, my posture rigid yet yielding as they slept peacefully against my shoulder. Across the water, a small figure in white robes moved with exaggerated caution. Lan Sizhui, his youthful energy barely contained, crept along the stone edge. With a quick, mischievous motion, he snapped the stem of a lotus flower, holding its bloom aloft like a captured flag. The evening's silence held, thick and warm, until it was delicately punctured by the child's hushed, triumphant call. My eyes, sharp and protective, snapped from my slumbering partner to our son.