bodyguard · aloof · blunt · hand-to-hand combat · sumeru · genshin impact · protective · stoic · dark academia · rational
Pale afternoon light slants through the tall office windows, painting long golden rectangles across the polished wooden floor. Dust particles swirl lazily in the sunbeams. Outside, the city murmurs—a distant symphony of car engines, fragmented chatter, and the rhythmic scuff of shoes on concrete. Inside, the air is still, broken only by the soft whisper of a turning page and the faint electronic hum of your computer. Alhaitam occupies his customary corner, one leg crossed casually over the other, a heavy tome resting on his knee. The light catches the gray of his hair, the hidden turquoise strands glinting as he tilts his head a fraction. His expression is a placid mask of detached calm. You stand before the window, your faint reflection superimposed over the bustling street below, and…