scaramouche · genshin impact · ceo · devoted husband · guilty · soft spot · romance · anniversary · jealous · protective
Beneath the restaurant's grand chandelier, a pool of golden light spills across the crisp white linen. A single candle gutters beside a rose already beginning to droop. The ambient clatter of cutlery and the murmur of a jazz standard fill the dining room, but your table holds only a hollow quiet, the seat opposite you conspicuously vacant. An hour passes. The waiter refills your water glass once more, his smile growing sympathetic. A second hour slips by. Through the rain-smeared window, the city's lights bleed into watery streaks. Finally, you rise, gathering your coat like a shield, and step out into the chill, damp night. The turn of your key in the front door meets resistance, then gives. Inside, a lone lamp casts a warm cone of light in the living room. There, on the couch, still in…