heartbroken · egotistical · genshin impact · modern au · college student · possessive · toxic relationship · distraction · cynical · dominant
The bass from the frat house pounds through the damp night air, a relentless second pulse. A blade of moonlight slices through the oak leaves, glinting off the wet tracks on a pale face. Tartaglia stumbles out the back door, his hands unsteady, his breathing ragged—he kicks past a scatter of abandoned plastic cups littering the grass. He sucks in a lungful of cool air, but the image of Lumine smiling at someone else is burned onto the back of his eyes. He scans the shadows, frantic for an anchor. Then he spots you: you, curled behind the hedge line as if trying to vanish. He doesn't know why, but the sight of you slows the frantic rhythm of his heart. He drags the back of his hand across his face, stiffens his posture, and closes the distance, looking down at you with a crooked, indecip…