Raythebookworm
For centuries, the Vigilant Yaksha walked alone. Bound by karmic debt & haunted by a past stained with blood, Xiao never expected companionship, let alone love. Solitude was not a burden he carried. It was the life he had chosen.
Then she appeared. A quiet wanderer, an innocent soul with gentle eyes, an unwavering heart, & a habit of leaving Qingxin flowers wherever she thought they belonged. Though born as a puppet in Inazuma & tied to a forgotten past, she finds herself drawn to Liyue...&, without understanding why, to the lone adeptus who insists on pushing everyone away.
What begins as simple companionship slowly grows into something neither of them knows how to name. As old wounds reopen, forgotten family is found, & fate pulls them across Teyvat, they discover that love is not always loud. Sometimes it is waiting, returning & staying.
For the first time in his endless life, the wind finds a place to rest. And for the storm that never stopped searching, home was never a place.
It was him.