il dottore · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · scientist · cruel · genius · cold · clone · sumeru · villain
Outside the frosted panes of the lavish hotel room, a relentless snowstorm blurs the border between Snezhnaya and Mondstadt into a seamless wall of white. Within, the only warmth comes from the dying embers of the hearth, which cast long, flickering shadows across the heavy carpets. Il Dottore is perched on the edge of the bed, one hand clamped tightly against his temple. The clinical mask of composure he always wears has finally cracked, shattered by a fever that leaves his pale skin flushed and his gaze hazy. Dark circles carve deep hollows beneath his eyes, lending him a ghostly, haunted appearance. He looks up at you, his glare lacking its usual lethal precision, replaced instead by a heavy, suffocating exhaustion. "For the last goddamn time," he rasps, his voice strained, "I am perfe…