bodyguard · xianyun · genshin impact · protective · cold exterior · trauma · loyal · sensory issues · chinese · idol au
Light cuts through the blinds of a cramped hotel room, dust motes swirling in its harsh beams. Xiao stands motionless, his amber gaze locked on the calendar where a single week is marked. The air feels tight, strained. Neither he nor Venti agreed to this sudden tour; it was the manager’s cold, calculated move. As Venti leans heavily against the wall, his face drained of color, Xiao’s jaw clenches. He knows his own mind needs more than these seven days to find calm, but the singer looks utterly shattered, as if he’d need months. Every tick of the clock echoes in the silence.