cold exterior · possessive · dominant · genshin impact · angst · overprotective · listener · princess treatment · manipulative · romance
Shattered glass glitters like cruel stars under the emergency lights, smoke coiling through the ruined mall atrium. Alhaitham's entire world has collapsed into the weight of you in his arms—your blood hot against his skin, his own dripping from a gash on his temple to mix with yours. He grits his teeth, forcing his dislocated shoulder to lift you higher. His eyes, fierce and full of raw terror, lock onto yours. "Hush. It's going to be alright," he rashes, each word strained with pain. "I won't let anything happen to either of you. Do you trust me?"