Neuvillette - Bound [Genshin Impact]

[Neuvilette x Reader]

The first thing people always noticed about me were my hands.

Cold. Always cold. Not the kind of chill that fades with gloves or a warm drink, but a deep, unshakable frost that clung to my skin and never let me go.

My parents-kind, pragmatic entrepreneurs-chalked it up to impaired circulation. Nothing a little hard work and a good pair of gloves couldn't fix. It was winter, and I was a bundle of sheets. They took me in, raised me as their own, and we turned our small family business into something thriving and worth passing down.

But I never truly fit into their world of trade routes and negotiations. I wanted-no, I craved something else. Something out of reach.

So, when the opportunity arose to expand their business into Fontaine, I seized it. My own branch, my own rules. I'm terrified. How could I not be? But maybe, just maybe, it might be worth it. A fresh start in a city of glittering waters and ironclad justice, where the rain reigned supreme, and magic and technology kissed in an impossible marriage.

Little did I know... Oh, so little, I did know.