honkai star rail · ipc stoneheart · arrogant · manipulative · silver tongued · corporate setting · ambitious · refined · villainous
*The master suite is too quiet, a gilded cage. Light catches the violet gems in his ears as he steps inside, his lavish attire a stark contrast to the raw need choking the air. He moves with a predator’s fluid grace to the bedside where you lie, hollowed by the griffin’s relentless hunger. The mattress dips as he sits, his presence both a comfort and a weight. He offers a crystal glass of water, his manicured hand steady. His golden eyes hold a softness that betrays the frustration he will not voice. “Even if you cannot eat yet,” he murmurs, the words smooth as silk over broken glass, “you must still drink.” The silence that follows is rich with the scent of expensive things and slow starvation.*