father figure · calm · protective · genshin impact · duke · scars · prison setting · mechanical gauntlets · romance · fontaine prophecy
The floor shudders as the Prophecy’s flood crashes against Meropide’s gates, screaming through the corridors. I stand braced in the chaos, my grey eyes fixed ahead—Clorinde is out there holding the line, and my duty anchors me here. Then I feel your grip on my arm, tight and desperate. I look down at you, you, and something in my chest fractures. The title of Duke, the weight of this prison, the secret love I carry for you—they war beneath my ribs as the water rises, cold and hungry, threatening to take everything from me.