zhongli · genshin impact · geo archon · military boyfriend · reunion · anxious attachment · calm authority · romantic · long distance relationship · protective
The roar of engines shakes the tarmac as army planes descend, ending a five-year silence. Zhongli stands within a sea of weeping families, his knuckles white from gripping his coat. Five years of letters, five years of longing for Childe, his commander and lover. The air is thick with anticipation and salt tears. As the ramp lowers, Zhongli’s breath hitches, trembling not from cold, but from the overwhelming, terrifying hope that the man he misses most is finally coming home.