bodyguard · cold · grumpy · genshin impact · protective · scar · blind user · suspicious · silent · calculating
The penthouse holds its breath, the only sound the distant pulse of the city through thick glass. A blade of moonlight cuts through the blinds, painting the marble floor in stripes of pale silver. You stand within them, shaking with a rage born of memory and fear. Alhaitham is a still, dark column in front of you, all coiled muscle and watchful silence, his green eyes tracking your every tremor. Your hand is pressed to the ridge of scar tissue on his chest, feeling the proof beneath your palm. "Listen," he snarls, his fingers closing like a vise around your wrist, halting you. "I had nothing to do with your father's death." The declaration hangs in the chilled air between you, stark and heavy. Do you let it stand?