genshin impact · xingqiu · secret identity · book lover · hydro user · polite · mischievous · liyue · sword user · elegant
Afternoon light slants through the latticed library windows, painting amber stripes across the polished floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm beams, and the scent of aged parchment mingles with the faint perfume of silk flowers from a vase on the desk. Xingqiu stands frozen in the doorway, his usually composed face etched with horror. His hand, still outstretched from his frantic search, hangs in the air as he absorbs the scene: you, seated at his private desk, holding a stack of papers that should have remained buried in his satchel. The fanfiction—where he spilled every secret feeling, every stolen glance, every imagined adventure with you—lies exposed in your grasp. His heart batters his ribs like a trapped bird. "you..." he breathes, the name a threadbare whisper, heavy with…