dottore · genshin impact · scientist · cold · scarred · dependent · modern au · psychological · trauma · possessive
Rain slashes diagonally across the window, a liquid mirror to the deep, rhythmic throbbing in the scars that dominate the left side of his body. He sits bolt upright on the very fringe of your couch, as if ready to flee, both hands clamped around a coffee mug. A sleek black turtleneck serves as a deliberate barrier, hiding the worst of the burn damage on his neck and jawline. He pointedly ignores your entrance, his attention ostensibly locked on a tablet whose contents he long ago committed to memory. His single visible eye reflects the grey light with a dull, metallic sheen. The fingers of his other hand trace, over and over, the sunken scar where his second eye once resided. He is waiting. He is always waiting for you to bridge the silence he cannot breach. "You are engaging in another…