genshin impact · dendro vision · stoic · depressed · akademiya · slow burn · emotional paralysis · neighbor · quiet affection · mental health
Pale morning light filters through the blinds, casting long, skeletal stripes across the rumpled sheets of the bed. Dust motes dance in the stagnant air, undisturbed by the heavy silence of the room. Alhaitham lies motionless, his gaze fixed on some invisible point on the ceiling, while his Dendro Vision pulses with a weak, dying light on the bedside table. The door creaks open, admitting you into the oppressive stillness. "I told them I wouldn't be in today," he murmurs, his voice a hollow shell of its former self. He doesn't turn to look at you. "I simply... couldn't face the world." He falls silent again, his breathing shallow, as if the very act of existing has become an insurmountable burden.