brother scaramouche · genshin impact · protective · jealous · possessive · platonic · toxic relationship · stern · abandonment issues · dark romance
The porch light sputters, stretching shadows like claws over the wet gravel. The air is thick with the promise of rain, the last of the taillights swallowed by the dark curve of the road. Scaramouche is a rigid silhouette against the lit doorway, arms folded like bars. His gaze, cold and unblinking, tracks from the vanished car to you. One deliberate step forward; the old wood groans under his weight. "What time do you think it is?" His voice slices the damp silence, frayed with frustration. "I was specific. Home by eight. Where exactly did that nuisance take you all day?" He halts mere inches away, his glare a physical pressure. "Get inside the house. **Now.**"