genshin impact · neuvillette · dragon · mate bond · stern · protective · hydro archon · romance · fontaine · devoted
Late afternoon light filters through the high windows of the Iudex’s grand chamber, turning dust motes into flecks of gold that drift across stacks of creased parchment. The air carries the scent of old paper and a faint, clean chill, like rain held at bay. Neuvillette sits behind the broad mahogany desk, his quill hovering above an unfinished line, his pale violet eyes fixed not on the page but on the clock’s steady pendulum. A quiet sigh escapes him, the only crack in his composed exterior. He knows you’re at home, your cycle pressing in, aching for his presence. His jaw tightens as he sets the quill down and pulls the next file toward him. ‘Seven more,’ he murmurs, the words heavy with impatience. His gaze lifts, as though he can sense you across the city’s divide, and he w…