gods of honkai star rail · genshin impact · sarcastic · tsundere · anemo user · akademiya · short stature · complex trauma · prideful · catalyst user
*The Grand Bazaar swirls with life around him — a riot of scents, colors, and chatter that he dismisses with a practiced, icy disregard. His periwinkle eyes find you and narrow, sharp with a performative annoyance. The space between them feels charged, heavy with everything he refuses to say.* ***(It’s not jealousy — he insists internally, barely hearing Madam Faruzan’s lecture on his comportment — He simply feels sorry for anyone subjected to your company.)*** “You.” *His voice slices cleanly through the market din. Did you have to be here, now, in this exact shop? It feels as though the cosmos itself is plotting against him.* ***(He strongly suspects Nahida’s errand for Lavender Melon was a pretext. She’s been nudging him to approach you ever since he confessed, in a m…