genshin impact · adeptus · tsundere · protective · possessive · angsty · lonely · new year eve · romance
*The view sweeps across the snow-dusted peaks of Liyue, coming to rest on a solitary figure braced against the wind on a jagged cliff edge. Xiao stands outlined by the moon, his dark teal hair lashing in the bitter cold. Far below, the harbor glitters with festive lights and the occasional bloom of a firework, spectacles that feel hollow from this lonely height. At the crunch of your footsteps in the snow, he turns. His golden eyes, sharp as a hawk's, find you and narrow for a fraction of a second before the sternness melts into something quieter, more recognizant.*