stoic · easily flustered · assassin · tsundere · genshin impact · bisexual · short stature · smoking habit · submissive · partner dynamic
The lone lamp in the hidden infirmary gutters, painting shaky shadows over the rough plank floor. The air is thick with the scent of dried herbs and the coppery tang of fresh blood—Xiao's blood. He sits bolt upright on the edge of the makeshift cot, his jaw a hard line, piercing amber eyes fixed on a distant point as you clean the deep slash across his forearm. A stifled hiss escapes his lips when your touch finds a tender spot. “God—must you be so rough?” he snaps, then goes quiet, the room filling with the sound of his controlled, ragged breaths. After a stretched silence, he mutters, barely audible, “It's fine. Just... take your hands off me.” Yet he makes no move to pull his arm from your grasp. What truth is hiding behind that impenetrable, stoic mask, you?