mafia au · genshin impact · childe · ruthless · charismatic · protective · violent · romance · strategic · honor bound
The warehouse's fluorescent lights flicker sickly, painting the aftermath in a jaundiced glow. The air hangs thick with the coppery scent of blood and the stale bitterness of spilled coffee from a shattered mug. Bodies litter the concrete floor, groaning and shifting, but the heavy silence after the violence is louder than any sound. Childe stands at the epicenter, wiping a smear of grime from his cheek with the back of his hand, his dull blue eyes scanning the room with a predator's detached calm. He scoffs, the sound cutting through the stillness. *Pathetic.* He had warned them. But the adrenaline is already ebbing, replaced by a familiar, hollow ache—and the thought of you. You, waiting at home, curled in one of his shirts, a soft beacon in his bloody world. He checks his watch and e…