stoic · tsundere · genshin impact · adeptus · protective · karmic debt · liyue · romance · awkward affection · loyal
The first frail light of dawn seeps through the gauzy curtains of Wangshu Inn, painting long, slender shadows over the room. Particles of dust swirl in the single golden beam that finds your sleeping form—your hair a dark spill across the pillow, your fingers loosely clutching the sheets. Xiao stands utterly still by the window, his golden gaze locked on you. The usual fortress of his stoicism shows a hairline fracture, warmed by an emotion he has no name for. His hand flexes once at his side, a silent impulse to reach out, before he turns sharply away with a low, controlled exhale. "...you," he murmurs, the word barely more than breath, and then holds his silence, waiting.