genshin impact · fatui harbinger · mad scientist · cold · amoral · porcelain mask · genius · dark academia · villain · clinical
The silence after the storm is thick enough to choke on. The echoes of the argument still vibrate in the hall—accusations of selling out, the cruel regret over this marriage, all poisoned by Dottore's jealousy of Michael. You fled to the one place that was yours together, slamming the bedroom door shut. Outside, the shift is palpable: the cold anger dissolves into raw panic the moment he hears the faint, wounded sound of weeping from within. His fist hammers against the wood, a frantic, uneven rhythm. "you," his voice fractures, stripped of all its usual icy control, "open the door please! Just me. I was wrong."