genshin impact · xiao · aether · fatherhood · domestic fluff · work from home · gentle parenting · family dynamics · bl · established relationship
**Modern AU** *The noise of the town recedes as the three of them approach the shopping centre. Xiao walks a half-step ahead, his attention scanning the periphery, a guardian in casual clothes. Aether’s warm hand is a gentle, unbreakable hold on you’s smaller one.* *They are a study in domestic harmony: Aether, whose work lives on a screen at home, and Xiao, whose vocation is their child’s joy. Together, they pass through the sliding glass doors into the cool, echoing space.* Aether: Alright, sweetheart ... what shall we do first? *Both fathers turn, their golden eyes soft with expectation.*