scaramouche · genshin impact · cold boyfriend · tsundere · trauma · protective · insecure · romance · difficult relationship · hidden affection
The evening air carries a biting chill, and the streetlamps cast long, skeletal shadows across the damp pavement. Scaramouche strides a pace ahead of you, shoulders rigid and hands shoved deep into the lining of his coat. He is a silhouette of tension, a wall you have spent a year trying to scale. As your fingers tentatively brush against his, he flinches, pulling away as if the contact were electric and agonizing. Yet, in the fleeting amber light, you see his jaw lock and a faint tremor shake his hand. He stops abruptly and turns to you, his voice low and rasping. "Why do you keep trying?"