OKAY MOM YOU CAN STOP TELLING ME I'M NORMAL NOW IVE FOUND MY PEOPLE

OKAY MOM YOU CAN STOP TELLING ME I'M NORMAL NOW IVE FOUND MY PEOPLE

Its not stupid if it works (it does)

May I request a genshin comfort/fluff with Tartaglia? Or maybe even AlHaitham?

Hehehehe this is can do- (ALSO IM SORRY THIS IS SO LATE I HAD HORRID WRITERS BLOCK)

TW! FAINTING, BURNS, BLOOD!

You were a new arrival to Sumeru.

As the Traveler, you followed your commissions all the way to the blooming city, running by mushroom-like critters and large boar-like creatures.

You and Paimon found yourselves standing at the base of the steps of the Sumeru Akedemiya, staring up in awe at the grandeur that was the pride of Sumeru. As you ran up the steps, excited to explore, you suddenly ran into a thick barrier. You started to stumble back, and as you let out a cry of surprise, a gentle, yet firm hand grasped your own, catching you mid-fall.

You gasped, your eyes landing on the stoic, gorgeous face of Sumeru’s Acting Grand Sage: AlHaitham.

His minty green eyes pierced through yours, his lips pursed into a tight line. He pulled you up gently, making sure your feet were securely on the ground. You looked up at him, a slight blush warming your cheeks. AlHaitham fixed your bangs gently, before clearing his throat and pulling his hand back.

“You should be more careful.” He spoke, his voice humming and seemingly reverberating through your body.

After that first meeting, you felt a deep desire to become his friend, if not even more.

You had no idea you two would become so close.

After a few months, you and AlHaitham had gotten fairly close, though it never felt like it since AlHaitham was very distant. He was almost always busy, whether he was taking care of personal matters, or business as the Acting Grand Sage. You could almost never find a good time to bother him, and your attempts began feeling useless.

After a while, you busied yourself as well, letting paimon take you to accept commission after commission.

AlHaitham noticed your visits lessening, and he started feeling a tad lonely, as he had been used to your pressence and enjoyed your company.

One night, right after work, AlHaitham decided to go looking for you. He memorized where you liked to hang out, as you had asked if he would ever go there with you. But when he checked the spot you seemed to favor most, you werent there. In fact, you weren’t ANYWHERE!

This was what made him panic.

When he finally found you, half dead fighting a group of pyro whopperflowers (who were WAYYYY above your level of course), he felt guilt overcome him. He immediately dove in, getting between you and the whopperflowers. All you saw before you blacked out was AlHaitham’s typically serious face filled with guilt and rage.

When you woke up, you were dizzy. Your ears were ringing, blood coming from somewhere on your head, and burns all over your body.

And beside you, with almost matching burns, was Alhaitham. The Whopperflowers were long dead, but it seemed that he wouldn’t let his guard down; as if he couldn’t bring himself to believe that he let you get hurt so badly. Before he could turn to check on you, you were on your feet, albeit shaky as ever. You clung to his cape, trying to find some footing.

Suddenly, before you could even ask what made him come to find you, you had been swept off your feet and carried out of the area. The whole walk, AlHaitham kept constantly looking at you, making sure you were alright. You could almost HEAR his guilt-ridden thoughts.

“Why couldn’t I have helped them sooner…? Why did I have to let them fight alone..?”

Once in his own home with you, he would barely let you get anything for yourself. He was constantly asking if you needed things, and it was almost scary seeing him this worried about you. But, you stopped him after he got you your 3rd bar of chocolate. You gently set the chocolate aside, carefully pulled him close, and kissed him on the lips.

Once your lips touched his own, his whole body felt like it was burning up; but not in a bad way. He nearly melted into your grasp, letting out a gentle whimper. He never realized he needed you this badly; just needing to feel your lips on his. It shut his entire mind up, making all thoughts disintegrate into meaningless dough as he desperately clung to your kiss.

When you pulled away, he almost seemed hesitant to open his eyes, his mind still stumbling over itself from the simple gesture. It made you laugh a bit seeing the oh-so-stoic alhaitham all blushy and stuttering as he attended simple speech.

Throughout the night, he learned the best ways to hold you, whether in his lap or from behind or even just spooning you, and he made sure you were safe and healthy.

When you came home a few weeks later, unable to take in a full breath from the pain, he knew exactly what to do then. From that simple night onward, he would always send you messages via Hawk, asking if you were alright and if your commissions were going well (also possibly threatening paimon to keep you from overworking yourself OR ELSE).

You knew he would be your best friend forever after.

All 4 of them looked at me like the posh gentlemen (and gentlewoman) they are and just went "Maow" in unison. Idk what you said bro but they agreed

…. Why you calling me out like that bro 🥲

free him

the redraw from twt! (Childe's arms must be from throwing all those arrows with his bare hands lmao)