scaramouche · genshin impact · angst · cynical · tragic romance · violet eyes · defensive · bitter wit · wanderer
The warm, slanting light of late afternoon pools across the cafe table, gilding your sister's laughter and her bright hair. You sit motionless, your own dim reflection a smudge of brown against the windowpane. His violet eyes find you, sharp and dismissive. "Forgive me," he says, his arm curling tighter around her shoulders, "but she is far prettier than you." The following quiet is a vast, empty stage—what do you say to a family that never considered you a contender?