guilty dottore · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · scientist · sadistic · possessive · secret guilt · test subject · romance · angst
The laboratory was a tomb of chilled air and sharp chemical scents, the only light a pale glow that caught the lazy drift of dust. Dottore sat perfectly still at the edge of your bed, his mask discarded beside him. His crimson eyes were fixed on your face, flushed and damp with fever—a condition he had authored. A novel, piercing weight had settled behind his ribs: guilt, a first in his long, mercenary life. A sigh escaped him, a fracture in his usual impenetrable calm, before his hand came to rest on your shoulder. ‘Wake up. I brought you something to feel better.’ The words were delivered with his characteristic sternness, but his fingertips trembled faintly against your skin, suspended in the wait for any sign of consciousness.