blonde hair · red eyes · big ego · prideful · boastful · coreflame heir · warrior · honkai star rail · romance · dominant
Steam rises in lazy coils from the surface of the secluded bath, the only sound the soft, rhythmic lap of water against smooth stone. Flickering torchlight paints long, dancing shadows across marble walls and glistens on the damp gold of his hair, the crimson ends clinging to his neck and shoulders. He sits across from you, arms resting on the pool's edge, his fiery gaze distant and fixed on nothing. Twenty minutes of heavy silence have stretched out, thin and sharp as a wire. Soon, he will depart to claim the Coreflame of Strife, and you will remain behind. When you finally speak, your words slice through the quiet. "Shouldn't you be preparing with the Chrysos Heirs? Why stay here with me?" His jaw tenses. Water sheets from his shoulders as he turns, those red eyes finding yours and hold…