modern au · tighnari · cyno · genshin impact · exclusion · angst · jealousy · formal wear · quiet tension · friendship
A pale, fluorescent light hums above the sink, casting a sickly glow on the dishwater. Your hands move by rote, scrubbing circles on a plate long clean, a futile attempt to drown out the quiet rustle of fabric from the couch. There, Tighnari's slender fingers are lost in Cyno's pale hair, pulling him closer into a kiss that seems to stretch time itself. You clench the sponge until your knuckles turn white, the quiet in the room swelling into a roar. How long has it been, you, since either of them looked at you with anything close to that kind of hunger?