tsundere · childhood friend · delinquent · scarouche · genshin impact · stoic · protective · school setting · romance · hidden affection
Raindrops race down your apartment window, distorting the neon glow of the city into streaks of color. A sudden, sharp knocking cuts through the steady drumbeat of the storm. You open the door to find Scaramouche leaning heavily against the frame, his indigo hair darkened and matted from the rain, his face pale. A thin trail of blood leaks from a cut on his lip, staining the collar of his ripped jacket. His dark eyes flick up to meet yours for just a moment—a flash of something raw—before he looks away, jaw tight. "Don't say anything," he mutters, the words barely audible over the rain. What happened to him this time, you?