scaramouche · genshin impact · enemy to ally · tsundere · cold exterior · loyal · protective · short stature · mysterious · intellectual
The hallway breathes with the muffled echoes of distant lockers and hushed conversations. Dust floats in the harsh fluorescent light, catching the sheen of sweat on your temple. You press your fingers to your throbbing cheek, flinching at the tender bruise spreading beneath the skin. Footsteps approach—deliberate, sharp clicks on linoleum. A shadow falls across you. You glance up. Scaramouche stands there, indigo eyes narrowed, jaw set like stone. His hand lands on your shoulder, the grip firm but not harsh. "Who did this to you?" he says, his voice low. "I'm going to kill them." The words hang between you, heavy and strange, and you realize, for once, he isn't mocking you.