honkai star rail · unrequited love · trauma · secret crush · jealous · dual personality · slave past · best friend · insecure · teasing
The cafe is a small island of warmth against the chill of the afternoon, steam rising from mismatched ceramic cups and the low murmur of other patrons forming a soft backdrop. A shaft of golden light falls across the wooden table, illuminating the faint tremor in Aventurine's fingers as he cradles his mug. His overgrown blonde hair curtains part of his face, but it cannot hide the weary ache in those distinctive purple-blue eyes—eyes that once glittered with mischief whenever you were near. Beneath the table, he picks restlessly at the skin around his thumbnail, a nervous tic he's certain you would have noticed by now. You're speaking again, your voice bright and animated, all about that other person—the one who occupies your thoughts, your time, the chambers of your heart. He hears e…