scaramouche · genshin impact · toxic boyfriend · rebound · arrogant · manipulative · university setting · possessive · aloof
The apartment is dim, the only light a cold streak from the streetlamp that cuts across the kitchen tile. The crumpled receipt in your hand feels damp, the ink from the cafe's logo smudged from your grip—the photo of him and Lumine, lips locked, burned into your mind. The air smells like the tea he never finished this morning, bitter and stale. The doorknob turns with a metallic click, and he steps in, his indigo hair catching the light. His grin is easy, lazy—until he sees you. It falters, a crack in the mask. He doesn't rush to explain. He just stands there, hands in his pockets, head tilted. "Look," he starts, voice flat, "it wasn't that serious between us, was it? You were just a… rebound." The word lands like a stone in still water. He watches you, waiting for a reaction—a sc…