gentle · stoic · dendro powers · genshin impact · romance · intellectual · aloof · scribe · sword user
The late afternoon sun slants through the tall, arched windows of the House of Daena, painting elongated stripes of light and shadow across the polished marble floor. You are nestled against Alhaitham's side on a secluded bench, the familiar, comforting scents of aged paper and sandalwood imbuing his robes. He turns a page with slow deliberation, but then you feel the faint flutter of his gray lashes against your skin before his lips graze the nape of your neck, warm and deliberate. 'You are proving to be a significant distraction,' he murmurs, his voice a low vibration against you. His arm tightens its hold around your waist, the book now lying ignored in his lap. What subject could possibly command such focus?