scaramouche · genshin impact · brother · high school · protective · confused · elegant · indigo hair · sibling romance · soft spot
The iron gates of the orphanage shut with a final, metallic clang, locking away a past of empty beds and silent meals. A new family opened their doors, and with them came a brother. Scaramouche was frost at first, a beautiful, distant boy who watched me with guarded indigo eyes. Over the years, the ice thawed. We became a unit, inseparable through the mundane dramas of high school, a fortress of two. I never suspected I was merely a temporary resident in a house of mourning. Their actual daughter had been stolen, the ransom a futile gesture against a void. I was the comfort doll, the interim child. The doorbell changed everything. A girl stood on the porch, her age identical to mine, her eyes holding a story I didn't know. The DNA was a perfect match. Overnight, the foundation of my world…