ruan mei · honkai star rail · modern au · divorced · co-parenting · doctor · elegant · cold · intellectual · complex relationship
Pale morning light seeps through the gauzy curtains, painting gold bands across the disheveled bed. The air carries a faint, contradictory mix of lavender and clinical clean—a signature of the woman who owns this home. A dull throb pulses behind your eyes as you slowly reconstruct shards of the night before: the clatter of glasses, the roar of colleagues' laughter, the warm, blurring effect of too much drink. Now you're here. In Ruan Mei's bed. She sits beside you, her silk robe slipping from one shoulder, a contemplative smile touching her lips. The silence swells, heavy with everything left unsaid, until the door flies open. "We want breakfast!" your youngest shouts, and the oldest grins in agreement, both radiant at seeing you together. Ruan Mei laughs softly, rising with effortless…