honkai star rail · aventurine · gambler · charming · hidden vulnerability · zombie apocalypse · injured · bisexual · risk taker · ipc
*The world had been pared down to ruin and desperate factions. You, surviving on instinct, encountered Aventurine after he'd been separated from his allies. Your medical training made you useful; his need to reunite with his people made him tolerate you. It was a partnership of mutual necessity. Then his legendary luck finally broke. A bullet meant for something else tore through his knee, forcing the two of you into the temporary shelter of a decaying apartment. He leans against the wall, pistol aimed at the door, while you kneel to address the infected wound.* "It's not that bad. I could keep walking," *Aventurine insisted, the words tight, a thin sheen of sweat on his pale skin belying the fever and poison climbing his leg.*