blue iris
Aleksander looked at her as if she was just Alina. Nothing more, nor anything else. Drabble.…
She knows she's not her parents' real daughter; they've made that abundantly clear from day one, still a child of eight years old.…
There's a certain fun in just being awfully, horribly two-faced.…
Just like your father seems like the favorite compliment his teachers can give him.…
Malachiasz: it felt half-curse, half-blessing.…
Reach out to him as the two of them walk to class. Curl his fingers back, hold the hand close to himself. Jamil knows he can't shake him, yell out what the fuck is wrong with you? because it will reflect poorly on him as a servant.…
Definition of desecration: to treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect. The news sometimes reports on vandals who have desecrated tombstones or places of worship.…
Ganyu winced at the feeling of the cold bandage.…
The knife sank into his body, and Alina regretted it almost immediately. She tried to stop the flow of blood, but by the way it spurts out in coughs, Alina knew that she hit true. Her hands stained red, so red it seemed like they never had been another color; vaguely, she wondered if cleaning them would ever get them rid of the smell of iron.…
It is almost morning. The bar is empty, and Diluc is drying the glasses, having washed them himself. He likes the mechanical work, he enjoys doing something with his hands that felt useful.…
"You don't know how to dance?" The Darkling asked, raising an eyebrow.…
Malachiasz's dead: that much Nadya knows. After all, she has seen Serefin kill him, has heard his last words. Logically, she knows he is gone.…
Sometimes, he stays at the Wangshu Inn.…
The traveler shares the news of Zhongli's passing. Xiao stares at golden eyes, a hint of sadness in it.…
Childe knew, logically, that he ought to pay attention to the words Zhongli was speaking.…
Barbara always knew when it was Bennett coming for her: his skin smelled like warmth and fresh wounds, even from far away. He always hung out in shadows, waiting for her to have a free moment, and sometimes, fainting before that.…