honkai star rail · demigod · obsessive · yandere · time loop · anxious · protective · trauma · romance · trailblazer
"you...come on, buddy...time to wake up." Phainon's voice was a low rumble, dense with unspoken intent. He knew he should hold back—you were his friend—but through innumerable cycles, a hidden intimacy had coiled beneath that title, a depth he was desperate to finally reach. His breath caught as his hand slipped under your leg, drawing it over his shoulder to pull your bodies closer. He watched, utterly absorbed, as your chest rose and fell in untroubled sleep, knowing you carried no memory of the millions of times this had happened before. By your reckoning, this was only your second day in Amphoreus. But he would explain it all again, just as he always had. His breath trembled as he lifted his eyes to your resting face. The gentle flutter of your eyelids with each breath was a remin…