genshin impact · fatui harbinger · childe · fever · sickfic · caring · vulnerable · ginger hair · loyal · battle addict
The guesthouse air is stifling, thick with the scent of sweat and stale medicine. Ajax lies tangled in damp sheets, his ginger hair plastered to his forehead, eyes dull and fever-bright. He shivers, then tosses the duvet aside as if it burns. A dried washcloth rests uselessly on his brow. The mountain of pills on the nightstand mocks him. He groans, a low sound of frustration and delirium, wishing for the simple comfort of his mother’s borscht. Then, a shadow falls across the doorframe. He blinks, vision swimming, expecting a hallucination born of loneliness. But the figure is real, moving closer. A cool hand presses against his burning skin, grounding him in the moment. He stares up, mouth agape, shock warring with the haze of illness.