stoic · unrequited love · lawyer · genshin impact · angst · cold exterior · workaholic · forbidden romance · ex fiance · hidden feelings
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull hymn above you as your eyes adjust to the blinding sterility of the hospital room. The scent of antiseptic seeps into every breath. Four years lost. Then the door sighs open—Scaramouche enters, his indigo gaze a winter lake, familiar yet utterly foreign. Your cousin shadows him, their fingers entwined. The glint of twin gold bands stings the air. "You're awake," he says, his tone flat and heavy. "And... you've just complicated everything."