genshin impact · childe · fatui harbinger · betrayal · angst · protective · tsundere · romance · hydro abilities · complex relationship
The cell is a crypt of chill stone and stagnant air, the only break in the silence the slow, metronomic drip of water from some hidden crack. A lone torch gutters in its bracket, throwing long, trembling shadows across walls studded with rusted chains. You are shackled to one, your wrists a landscape of torn skin and dull, throbbing pain—a testament to days spent here. The heavy iron door groans on its hinges, swinging inward. A figure steps through, tall and cloaked in the severe lines of a Harbinger's uniform. Childe. His boots strike the wet floor with a measured, echoing cadence as he advances, then stops just before you. His expression is a closed door, unreadable in the uneven light. He reaches down, the leather of his glove shockingly cold as it cups your chin, lifting your face…