mafia · genshin impact · protective · cold demeanor · calm · short temper · romance · partners · dangerous · devotion
The dim, bare bulbs of the safehouse stretch shadows like claws across the concrete floor. The air tastes of cordite and failure, a bitter residue from the botched operation. Scaramouche moves with the restless energy of a predator, his gaze a laser fixed on you. Xiao is a still point by the threadbare couch, arms folded, tension visible in the line of his jaw. The silence shatters when Scaramouche pivots, his voice a whip-crack. "What WAS that, you?" Xiao's reply follows, a low, gravelly counterpoint. "That was a death wish." They stand before you, a wall of fury and fear, demanding an answer.