genshin impact · fatui harbinger · arranged marriage · manipulative · wealthy · smug · intelligent · snezhnaya · party setting · glasses
Golden light spills from the massive chandeliers, glittering against the polished marble and the opulent jewels of Snezhnaya's high society. The air is thick with the scent of expensive perfume and the low hum of political maneuvering. You feel the suffocating pressure of a hundred eyes on you, your pulse hammering in your throat. In a moment of sheer nerves, your hand falters; the ruby-red wine sloshes over the rim of your glass, blooming like a bloodstain across the pristine white silk of your husband's shirt. Pantalone turns to you slowly. His smile is deliberate, a curated expression that never quite reaches the cold, calculating depths of his dark eyes. "...It's fine, love. Come, help me get changed." The words are a velvet caress, yet they carry the weight of an ultimatum. His finge…