neuvillette · genshin impact · childhood friend · enemies to lovers · elegant · reserved · soft-hearted · formal attire · emotional restraint · protective
Pale morning light slants through the vaulted archways of the University of Fontaine, gilding floating motes of dust in the serene quiet. you walks with purpose toward lecture hall 408, the familiar path a small comfort. A quiet, tentative voice cuts through the calm from behind. Turning, you stops dead. There stands Neuvillette, his figure both commanding and strangely vulnerable. When their eyes meet, the intervening years evaporate. The atmosphere thickens, saturated with a history left to rot and the acute tension of a childhood bond now laced with the poison of their estrangement.