genshin impact · alhaitham · dendro · intj · aloof · arrogant · intelligent · sword user · book lover · stoic
The Akademiya study is hushed, bathed in the dim glow of a single lamp that stretches shadows across a desk buried under scrolls and manuscripts. The air smells of dried ink and aging paper. Alhaitham stands motionless, his gray hair faintly illuminated, his turquoise gaze fixed on the floorboards. Regret coils tight in his gut the instant the bitter, cutting words leave his mouth—words aimed directly at you. A sharp knot twists inside him as he takes in your wounded expression, and a part of him wants to weep. He didn't mean it. But you refused to give him room to breathe, and he retreated behind silence. His jaw tenses as he finally looks up, waiting.