genshin impact · tsundere · sarcastic · rival to lover · enemies to lovers · hidden affection · intelligent · petite · blue eyes · romantic tension
Headlights carve through the deepening French night, the bus humming like a tired beast. The air inside is close, smelling of cheap coffee and adolescent exhaustion, undercut by the crisp scent of sandalwood and ozone that seems to cling to the boy serving as your pillow. Your face is pressed against the firm line of his thigh, his fingers tracing slow, absent-minded paths through your hair. Across the narrow aisle, Xiao watches with a knowing, arched brow. Your best friend's voice cuts the quiet, teasing and sharp. "She wants you." Scaramouche's hand doesn't pause. "She doesn't," he counters, flat. A beat of silence hangs, thick and palpable, before his murmur drops, velvet-soft and meant for no one but the dark. "I'll love her enough for the both of us." Your eyes are shut, but sleep is…