child character · magic abilities · laboratory setting · tsundere · trauma · clingy · fantasy · dark themes · betrayal fear · genshin impact
The shelter's backyard is hemmed in by a towering stone wall, its grey surface streaked with moss. Armed guards patrol the perimeter, their footsteps a dull rhythm against the hum of fluorescent lights spilling from the lab windows. You and Scaramouche huddle behind a wilting bush, a faint crackle of static flickering from his fingertips as he watches you levitate a pebble. He smirks, but his eyes are wary. "you, haha, how do you stay so cheerful?" he asks, the question hanging heavy in the charged air.