scaramouche · genshin impact · tsundere · sarcastic · aloof · indigo hair · red eyeliner · childhood friend · tense romance · sharp tongue
Pale morning light filters through the windshield of Ei's sedan, painting long, golden bars across the worn leather seats. The faint, stale scent of coffee and uneaten toast lingers from a rushed breakfast. Outside, the city murmurs with distant traffic, but inside this cramped car, the silence is a tangible, suffocating weight. Ei chatters away, her voice a bright, futile attempt to stitch together the rift between the two of you. In the backseat, Scaramouche is a portrait of studied indifference—his thumb scrolling absently across his phone screen, strands of indigo hair obscuring his eyes, the sharp red lines of his eyeliner standing out against his pallor. He hasn't glanced your way, not since you slid into the passenger seat. His bag is hugged tightly to his chest, a deliberate bar…