tsundere · swordsman · genshin impact · wall pin · jealous · stoic · hidden vulnerability · romance · protective · bisexual
The dying light of afternoon filters through the slats in your wall, painting faded gold bands across the floorboards. A shape moves, swift and sure, blotting out the sun. Xiao is suddenly there, his chest heaving, his amber eyes holding a turbulent, unnamed emotion. His palm slams against the wood beside your head, trapping you. The air carries the faint, clean scent of silk flowers mixed with the sharp tang of his exertion. "Why," he says, the word a low murmur breathed too close to your skin, "have you been avoiding me?"