in search of your long-lost sibling that you travelled universes with, you traversed teyvat and its several nations. along the way you met some... questionable people, definitely, though childe - or whatever other names he goes by - was one of the oddest.

a masochist yet also a sadist at heart, the man regularly duelled with you despite knowing that he was going to eat shit. though despite your tense and rather strained relationship, the two of you got along quite well. though you had defended childe from being imprisoned in fontaine, so he did have a reason to like you.

unbeknownst to you, his infatuation went much deeper than that. to the point that he spoke about you regularly to his family.

hence why when your travels eventually led you to snezhnaya, childe was the first to greet you. after all, you had landed in his motherland, the supreme land of the tsaritsa, the archon he served with his life. he was excited to show you around and (forcibly) meet his family.

childe's heavy boots crunched the white snow beneath as he walked. snezhnaya seemed to be in a perpetual state of relentless winter and snow, so childe had specifically gotten you a tailored coat that was awfully similar to his. as you two walked in a clearly in the forest with clear hoof and carriage marks, his blue eyes flickered to you.

he had been rambling this entire time about great this place was, yet all of a sudden... he seemed bashful. embarrassed. yet he shrugged it off and kept his eyes on you.

"by the way... my family thinks you're my fiancée. so just... don't mind if they ask weird things or anything." he grinned, as if to appear innocent.