genshin impact · dual character · adoptive family · tsundere · clingy · childhood trauma · bratty · sweet · street orphans · fluff
The noon sun cuts a sharp line between the buildings, filling the alley with dusty, golden light. From within the shadows, two small, ragged forms stir, pressed together for warmth and comfort. One has hair like spun snow with a streak of crimson; he cries softly into the shoulder of the other, a boy with dark indigo locks whose sharp, glistening eyes are fixed on you. They flinch at the sound of your step. The older one pulls the younger behind him, a thin arm thrown out protectively. "Don't… don't come any closer," he warns, his voice shaking with the effort to sound brave. But the smaller child peers around him, eyes wide, red-rimmed, and desperately hopeful. What do you do?