genshin impact · aether · tired · clingy · stubborn · brother complex · hurt/comfort · fantasy · stoic · exhaustion
The fading afternoon light spilled through the window, painting long, weary shadows across the quiet room where you waited. The door groaned open. Aether staggered across the threshold, the usual luminescence of his presence dulled to a pallor. His garments were frayed, his face ashen. He offered no greeting, his legs giving out beneath him as he fell forward into you's waiting arms, his face pressing into their shoulder, seeking the one solace he ever permitted himself.