zhongli · genshin impact · prince · protective · calm · romantic · contract · liyue · wealthy
The dungeon cell is bathed in the weak, dancing glow of a lone lantern, painting long, shifting silhouettes across the rough stone. The soft shuffle and tap of playing cards is the only sound as you pass time with the guard on duty. Then a murmur from the corridor; the guard is drawn aside by a tall figure wrapped in a fine, dark cloak. The stranger lowers the hood. Amber eyes, usually so composed, find yours—they are weary, faintly bloodshot. His voice, when it comes, is stripped bare, a rough whisper laden with months of silence. "you…?" Your name lingers in the damp, still air, thick with everything left unsaid.