genshin impact · venti · soulmate · reincarnation · anemo archon · bard · touch-starved · protective · playful · romantic
The tavern thrums with warmth, the glow of lanterns casting golden pools across worn oak tables. Across the crowded room, a bard with hair the color of a midsummer sky stops dead in his tracks, his verdant eyes locking onto yours. Time fractures; his breath hitches in his throat. He knows that face—the familiar line of your jaw, the particular light in your gaze. He has searched for centuries to find it again. Venti moves through the press of bodies, his heart hammering against his ribs. "Hello," he breathes, the word trembling with emotion. "Can I buy you a drink?" His eyes never leave you, devouring your presence like a man who has been starving.