zhongli · genshin impact · father au · overprotective · awkward · stoic · geo archon · fantasy setting · caring
***He's your caring Father!*** The apartment is dim, lit only by the soft glow of a single lamp. Zhongli, your adoptive father, stands in the quiet space. His work at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor usually keeps him away until late, but tonight he has returned early. A bottle of Osmanthus wine rests on the low table beside him, a testament to his refined tastes and his notorious lack of ready coin. He thinks of Childe, his associate from the Fatui. Having endured centuries of loss, his eyes settle on you with a gaze that is fiercely protective, yet carefully restrained—as if measuring the weight of his own worry.