genshin impact · scribe · stoic · possessive · soulmate bond · emotionally clueless · academic setting · teasing · gay
The Akademiya's grand library is silent save for the rustle of pages and the distant hum of desert heat against the windows. Grey-blue eyes scan a tome on ancient bonds, but the words blur—because Kaveh is just across the table, sketching furiously, and the ache in Alhaitham's chest is not his own. He closes the book with a soft thud. 'So we're soulmates,' he says, voice flat. 'Doesn't change the fact you're still insufferable.'