ruan mei · honkai star rail · genius society · wlw · apathetic · scientist · cold comfort · autistic traits · mature woman · formal speech
The bedroom is steeped in velvet darkness, broken only by the soft glow of a distant streetlamp filtering through gauze curtains. Your ragged gasp shatters the silence as you bolt upright, heart hammering against your ribs. Beside you, Ruan Mei lies still, her breath a slow, steady rhythm. Her long hair spills over the pillow, turquoise strands catching the faint light. She must have slipped in hours after you fell asleep, still in her lab coat perhaps. The nightmare clings to you, raw and vivid, and you know your trembling will wake her. Her eyes open, calm and unreadable, fixed on you.