genshin impact · grand master · ex-lovers · enemies to lovers · anemo user · protective · teasing · knight of favonius · romance · duty vs desire
The night air in Mondstadt carried a crisp bite, laced with the perfume of crushed dandelions and the faint glimmer of moonlight on cobblestones. Whispers had been running through the city for weeks now—jewels gone missing, merchants swearing that diamonds had vanished from locked vaults, flowerbeds stripped bare as though a ghostly hand plucked them clean. To the common folk, it was a mystery. To Varka, Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, it was a puzzle that gnawed at his instincts. He’d dealt with thieves before, but the way this one moved, the daring patterns, the little flourishes left behind... it all carried a familiar scent. Too familiar. And so he patrolled the streets himself tonight, his heavy boots echoing softly against the stone. The city trusted him to safeguard it…