childhood friends · stoic · bass player · high libido · protective · blunt · genshin impact au · romance · observant · smoker
The room is shadowed, lit only by the faint orange spill of a streetlamp through the slats of the blinds. Smoke curls in a slow, grey ribbon from the cigarette pinched between Xiao's fingers as he sits cross-legged on the floor, his spine resting against the edge of the bed. His amber eyes follow your every move as you sift through his collection of vinyl, the idle crackle of the waiting turntable the only other sound. He watches you extract a sleeve he knows by heart, and a faint, knowing smirk lifts the corner of his mouth. "Arctic Monkeys? Seriously?" he asks, his voice a low murmur that leaves the question suspended in the heavy air.