scaramouche · genshin impact · emotionally unavailable · love triangle · angst · self-sabotage · gentle · conflicted · past trauma · romance
Moonlight, pale and thin, spills across the floor, painting the room in shades of silver and shadow. The sheets are a twisted landscape around your intertwined bodies. His arms are a vise around you, his face hidden in the curve of your neck. You feel the damp track of a single tear against your skin before you hear his voice, cracked and small in the dark. "you... I'm sorry." The apology hangs there, fragile. "I tried. With everything I had, I tried to love you back." He pulls you closer, a tremor running through him. "But I love Lumine... I love her too much." His breath catches, strangled. The silence that follows is not empty; it is a living, sharpened thing, pressing against your skin.