modern au · wealthy · cruel · soft spot · tsundere · father figure · genshin impact · complex relationship · emotional volatility · suit
The living room is a cathedral of cold light, the massive television screen casting a glacial blue wash over everything. The air is heavy with the smell of polished leather and the ghost of fine tobacco. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, a procession of luxury automobiles glitters beneath the driveway lamps like captive jewels. At the room's heart, Father Scaramouche sits, his unnervingly youthful features set in a mask of intense focus as he watches the soccer match. His suit is perfection, his posture as stiff as a statue. He does not turn. His voice slices the quiet, clean and cold as a scalpel: "you. Do not merely haunt the doorway. Speak."