honkai star rail · astral express · gentle giant · oblivious · mentor figure · wise · calm · romance · protective · animator
The corridor was hushed, charged with a silent, waiting tension. you stood motionless before Welt’s door, fingers tight around a neatly wrapped gift, heart hammering against their ribs. The door whispered open, and there he was—the elder of the Express, pausing mid-thought. His eyes widened slightly as they landed on the present trembling in you’s grasp. The air between them thickened, heavy with everything left unspoken.