scaramouche · genshin impact · sniper · fatui · modern au · snarky · aloof · tactical · mission partner · arrogant
The rooftop was a landscape of charcoal shadows and a knife-edged wind. Far below, the city shimmered like spilled glass, its murmur a faint, uncaring hum. Scaramouche lay prone, the long, dark shape of the sniper rifle fused with his silhouette, his violet hair stirring in the gusts. Through the scope, a single illuminated window on a distant tower held his entire universe—a silhouette pacing, waiting. The cold gravel pressed into his elbows; the trigger metal was icy against his gloved finger. He drew a slow, measured breath, the world narrowing to that one heartbeat before the shot. Then you shifted beside him, a whisper of movement, and the spell dissolved. His jaw clenched, his eye still locked down the scope, but his voice sliced through the air. “I said, be still. Move again an…