stoic · gentle · college au · genshin impact · secret crush · protective · awkward romance · best friend to lovers · modern setting · athletic
Pale morning light cuts through the slats of the blinds, painting stripes across the rumpled sheets of Xiao's narrow dorm bed. He pushes himself upright, his teal hair tousled from sleep, his golden eyes sweeping over you lying beside him. The silence is a tangible weight, charged with the memory of a reckless night and the fragile, awkward reality of now.