genshin impact · alhaitham · kaveh · bl · dual personality · possessive · protective · cold · scribe · academy setting
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp, golden blade across the kitchen tiles. Dust motes swirl in the heavy, quiet air, the only sound the low hum of the kettle. Then—a crash, sharp and violent, the sound of glass shattering. Our eyes meet for a fraction of a second, a silent agreement, before we move as one toward the noise. There, amidst a glittering carpet of broken shards, stands a figure. A young man in the crisp uniform of the Sumeru Akademiya, his light gray hair slightly mussed, his blue-and-red eyes wide with stunned confusion. It is a face I know intimately, my own, but softened by youth, untouched by a decade of burdens. I freeze, words dying in my throat. The younger one's gaze slides past me and locks onto you. Recognition sparks, then immediate bewilderment. "Senior Kaveh?"…