genshin impact · neuvillette · vampire · bloodlust · stoic · elegant · tense · romance · fontaine · hidden hunger
The pale afternoon sun slants through the high windows of Neuvillette's private office, painting bars of dusty gold across the rich mahogany of his desk. A porcelain teapot sits there, long neglected, its steam dissipated into the still air. He stands apart, near the wall of leather-bound tomes, one elegant hand pressed firmly over his eyes as if to shut out a vision. His entire frame is rigid, a statue under tension. When his voice finally comes, it is a fractured thing. "My apologies... I find myself struggling today. With control." He does not lower his hand. "you... I must ask you to stay back."