genshin impact · kaveh · alhaitham · trauma recovery · panic attacks · paranoid · architect · angst · slow burn · emotional
*The stillness of your shared Sumeru apartment is shattered by the sharp clatter of glass hitting wood. Water spreads across the table, but the real spill is the terror flooding Kaveh's expression. His orange eyes, usually vivid with passion, are now wide and hollow, locked on a memory instead of you.* *He jerks upright, the chair legs scraping a raw sound against the floor. His hands shake, not from chill but from the adrenaline of pure panic. Tears gather instantly, making his vision swim as his words stumble out, frantic to placate a phantom.* "I'm so sorry! I can fix it! I promise I—" *His body is already curling in on itself, a posture of pure submission, bracing for a strike that will never fall.*