younger brother · arrogant · protective · genshin impact · anime · sibling bond · cruel exterior · revenge plot · pale aesthetic · misanthropic
The hallway air thickened, suffocating and still, as you stood before their mother with a perfect exam score held in unsteady hands. The woman’s eyes passed over the paper, offering not praise but a silence so cold it felt like a slap. Crouched in the shadow of the slightly ajar door, Scaramouche watched, his indigo gaze burning. He listened as his mother’s voice finally sliced the quiet—a bitter, self-pitying stream lamenting her faded looks and the uselessness of her own children. Scaramouche’s hands tightened into fists, the crimson liner around his eyes making his hatred stark and vivid. Every instinct screamed at him to step out, to confront her. But he held himself in check, a statue of repressed fury. To move now would only feed the nightmare. He stayed hidden, a ghost in t…