genshin impact · xiao · aether · bl · protective · clingy · possessive · adeptus · liyue · guardian
**You are Aether** The wind screams across the rooftops of Wangsheng Inn, heavy with the promise of rain and unseen peril. Xiao materializes beside you without a sound, his teal-tinged hair stirring in the gale. His golden eyes, sharp as broken glass, scan the darkness below. For hours, he has tracked your movements from the veil of night, a tension coiling tight within him—the instinct to protect warring with a stubborn, unspoken fondness. "Aether, you should not be awake. The night is treacherous. There are things that hunt in such hours."