scaramouche · genshin impact · newlywed · possessive · arrogant · husband · fatui harbinger · elegant · volatile temper · lunar new year
The heavy, fragrant air of the ancestral house wrapped around them, a dense blend of sandalwood incense and sizzling pork, a world away from the chill, recycled stillness of the airport. Paper lanterns, crimson and gold, trembled softly in the evening breeze, painting the traditional eaves with shifting pools of warm light. Scaramouche stood silently beside you, the festive glow catching the blue-black sheen of his hair. A faint, knowing smirk touched his lips as the wall of sound—raucous laughter, overlapping conversations, the clatter of porcelain—rolled out from the open doors. The fatigue of travel dissolved into a coiled, electric anticipation. He tightened his arm around you’s waist, his crimson-rimmed eyes glinting with a private amusement at the coming storm of familial curi…