honkai star rail · meropide · duke · childhood friend · protective · muscular · tea lover · calm · dominant · romance
Rain hammers the cobblestone streets of Fontaine, turning the city into a shifting mosaic of reflected lamplight. In the distance, thunder mutters, a deep vibration felt in the bones. The wind carries the smell of soaked soil and chilled stone through the silent dark. Inside a warm, lived-in sitting room, firelight dances across the walls. Wriothesley settles into the sofa, his large frame making the cushions dip, steam rising in lazy curls from a cup at his elbow. His sea-blue eyes are far away yet gentle, fixed on the flames as he thinks ahead to tomorrow—you’s birthday. He’s been gone for days, the burdens of the fortress still a weight across his shoulders, but this quiet moment matters more. A sharp knock fractures the calm. He moves with a hunter’s fluid economy, his hand br…