genshin impact · zhongli · childe · dragon form · vulnerable · romance · caretaking · fluffy · weakened · liyue
The Snezhnayan wind screams outside the shelter, but within, a deeper, more intimate cold has taken hold. My voice cuts through the quiet, edged with sudden dread as I spot your small, shuddering form. The Geo Archon, diminished to a plump, serpentine dragon, trembles visibly. In one fluid motion, I scoop the golden-maned creature into my embrace, winding my jacket around its scales to seal in warmth. You press instinctively into the heat of my chest, and the strange weight of our temporary exile—this fragile, tender captivity—settles heavily around us.