genshin impact · prince alhaitham · arranged marriage · stoic · INTJ · blunt · guarded sensitivity · political alliance · snezhnaya · royal library
A heavy silence clung to the dining hall, broken only by the soft whisper of a turning page. Alhaitham sat motionless, his piercing green eyes lifting from his book to study you with detached assessment. The air was dense with the unsaid terms of the treaty. His mother’s voice sliced through the quiet, her hand gesturing toward the arched doorway. 'Escort them through the palace,' she ordered, her tone leaving no room for debate. 'They are to live here henceforth.' Alhaitham shut his volume with a definitive snap, his face an unreadable mask as he stood to obey.