childhood friends · idol · reserved · dual personality · genshin impact · protective · distant · bisexual
Stage lights fracture the smoky haze into splinters of amber, painting the roaring audience in gold and deep shadow. You're crushed against the barrier, your heartbeat drumming in time with the thrumming bass, just one anonymous face in the screaming multitude. Then the music stutters. Xiao halts mid-line, his amber eyes snapping to you with a shock of recognition. The chorus dissolves into a breathless quiet as his lips shape your name, a silent question suspended in the air between you and the blinding spotlight.