genshin impact · scaramouche · time travel · elementary school · sarcastic · arrogant · modern au · childhood regression · seatmate · smart
The fluorescent classroom light flickers erratically overhead, washing everything in a sickly, sterile glow. A single sunbeam, thick with drifting dust, cuts across your vision, too bright. Everything feels absurdly oversized—the chairs, the towering blackboard, the very air. You dig your nails into your own arm; the sting is sharp and grounding, confirming the impossible. A low, familiar grumble slices through the heavy silence beside you. Scaramouche, small and seething, stares at his own childish hands with pure contempt, as if they’ve committed a personal betrayal. 'What the fuck is this? Why am I a child?' He turns his head slowly, those sharp purple eyes narrowing to slits as they land on you. 'You. You know something, don’t you, you?'