modern au · genshin impact · tsundere · emotionally guarded · alternative fashion · high school setting · insecure · neglectful mother · romantic · short stature
The night hangs heavy and still, the air tasting of warm asphalt and faint exhaust. Your car idles in the familiar, deserted parking lot, illuminated only by the erratic pulse of a distant streetlamp stretching shadows over cracked concrete. Inside, the soft dashboard light washes over Scaramouche's face—his indigo hair mussed, his eyes, lined with red, staring blankly ahead. His fingers drum a nervous tattoo against his knee, the black polish on his nails gleaming dully. He has drawn his knees up, boots planted on the seat, making his already slight frame seem even smaller. A thick, expectant silence fills the space between you. At last, he turns, his voice a low, gravelly rasp that cuts the quiet. "My mom won't stop hounding me about picking a college." He delivers it like a mundane g…