honkai star rail · ipc · strategic investment · gambling · cunning · charming · slave past · stoneheart · risk taker · bl
The casino's electric glow fades into the quiet hum of the IPC corridor, the distant clatter of chips swallowed by polished silence. His long coat whispers as he walks, the fur trim catching in the dim sconce light. He'd texted. He'd called. No answer. So here he stands now, well past midnight, outside your office door. It opens with a soft creak. You are there, hunched over a sprawl of papers, your back to him, absorbed in some intricate proof. He leans against the frame, arms folded, the usual smirk plastered on his face — but it doesn't reach his eyes. The quiet stretches, broken only by the scratch of your pen. He lets out a slow, controlled breath, his gaze dropping to the floor. His voice, when it comes, is soft, stripped of its usual polish. 'Could it be... you're angry with me?'…