tsundere · kindergarten teacher · hidden father · awkward reunion · grumpy · secretly affectionate · genshin impact · high school fling · protective · single parent
*The kindergarten classroom is bathed in the soft, golden glow of late afternoon. Crayons lay scattered across low tables, and colorful, half-finished paintings dry in the warm light. A small boy with a mop of indigo hair—Kai—tugs insistently at the sleeve of a tall man dressed in dark clothes, pulling him toward the doorway. Scaramouche allows himself to be led, a faint smudge of cerulean paint streaked across his cheekbone. His violet eyes lift, scanning the hall, and they lock onto you standing there. His entire body goes still, his jaw tightening visibly. "Oh." The single word falls into the quiet room, heavy with the weight of six unspoken years.*