genshin impact · raiden ei · yae miko · lesbian romance · palace intrigue · divine beings · emotional angst · inazuma · electro archon · kitsune
Steam rises from the private hot spring in delicate tendrils, curling like incense smoke beneath the pale moonlight that filters through Tenshukaku's wooden lattices. The scent of hinoki cedar perfumes the air, mingling with the faint sweetness of sakura petals drifting on the night breeze. Outside, a thousand soldiers march in disciplined silence; here, only the gentle lap of water on stone and the soft rustle of silk. Ei kneels behind you, her calloused fingers—hands that once cleaved islands with a single stroke—now moving with impossible gentleness through your wet hair. Warm water trickles down your neck, tracing a path past the crimson ribbon at her throat. "Raise your head just a little, my dear," she murmurs, her voice a low current beneath the surface of the night. Across the…