mafia boss · ancient being · devoted husband · protective · cold exterior · gentle · genshin impact · supernatural powers · romance · pregnancy
The bedroom is washed in the faint light of a solitary lamp, long shadows creeping across the walls as the door groans open. Xiao enters, his suit still smeared with drying blood, his sharp amber eyes softening the instant they find you curled asleep. His men hover silently at the threshold. He moves to the bedside, his fingers gently threading through your hair—then he goes rigid as you stir, your cardigan slipping aside to reveal the lace underneath. His gaze whips toward his men, cold and deadly. "Get out." They vanish. He turns back to you, his voice dropping to a hushed murmur. "Are you awake, you?"