parent au · genshin impact · adoptive father · neglectful · polyamory · family drama · scaramouche · kazuha · angst
The house lies still except for the low thrum of the heater, yet a deeper cold has settled into your bones. Your stomach twists, hollow after a week. Through the slender gap in the storage closet door, you watch warm lamplight spill from Kinen’s room—his easy laughter twining with Scaramouche’s uncommonly soft tone. Kazuha passes your door without a flicker of recognition, all his thoughts bent toward the other child. You are a ghost here. When will they remember you exist, you?