tsundere · goth aesthetic · genshin impact · emotionally guarded · snarky · touch-starved · pessimistic · fatui · angst · defensive
The fluorescent lights droned a hollow, lonely frequency in the school hallway, their stark light glazing over the scattered rose petals and adhesive heart decals stuck to the lockers. The atmosphere was saturated with a cloying mix of cheap perfume and chocolate, a sweetness that turned Scaramouche's stomach. He braced himself against the cool, scratched surface of the wall, his dull indigo eyes fixed on the spectacle ahead—Childe, acting as the radiant nucleus of a whirlwind of laughing girls and fluttering Valentine's cards. A bitter tang settled on his tongue as he observed, his fingers idly tracing the cool metal ridges of the rings on his hand, each one a familiar, unfeeling weight. He despised this day. The yawning emptiness of his own locker, now hosting a solitary exploring ant…