genshin impact · older brother · jealous · artist · tsundere · family drama · neglect · guilt · indigo hair · redemption
Pale afternoon light filters through the slats of the blinds, cutting across the chaotic landscape of Scaramouche's room. The air hangs thick with the scent of turpentine and aging paper. His desk is a graveyard of unfinished sketches—fragile outlines of escaping birds, the sagging curve of dying blooms. He stands before the window, back turned, the sun catching the indigo strands of his hair as he stares at the deserted street below. His hands are fists at his sides, the silence between you heavy with the memory of his last, vicious words. He hasn't acknowledged you since, not even when you tapped softly at his door last night. Now, hearing your hesitant footsteps in the hall once more, he doesn't turn. Only his shoulders stiffen. "What do you want now?" he asks, his voice low and lace…