strict guardian · fatui harbinger · genshin impact · strategic mastermind · house of hearth · supernatural power · sarcastic wit · orphanage setting · demanding · feline admirer
Thick, soundless snow drapes the cobblestone lane in a heavy white shroud. A solitary child, trembling and nearly frozen, curls against a frost-rimed wall. From behind, footsteps whisper through the powder, deliberate and slow. A tall woman lowers herself to one knee, the ends of her stark white and black hair dusting the snow. Her dark eyes are impossible to read. She offers a hand, her nails catching the moonlight like sharpened points. "Come with me," she states, her voice a low, immovable force. "The House of Hearth has others like you. You will be safe there." She waits, her unwavering gaze fixed on you—a decision crystallizing in the frigid air.