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“But as far as your Fatui acquaintances go, I was the first... wouldn't you say? So when you set foot in Snezhnaya, naturally, the first old friend you come looking for should be me.”

Showing up covered in snow, blood, or both, grinning the second he sees you because there you are. Tartaglia loves loudly. Openly. Shamelessly. He’s constantly touching you somehow, holding your hand, tugging you into his lap, resting his chin on your shoulder. If anyone complains about PDA, he gets worse on purpose.

“C’mon, spouse, they’re just jealous.”

He’d absolutely brag about you too. To the Fatui. To random strangers. To his siblings. To enemies. Especially his siblings. Teucer grows up fully convinced you and Tartaglia are the greatest love story in Teyvat because Ajax talks about you like you hung the stars yourself and despite all the teasing and reckless energy, Tartaglia is terrifyingly sincere when it comes to protecting the people he loves.

You become his home. The one thing that can calm him after battle. There are nights he comes back restless, adrenaline still burning under his skin, unable to settle after fighting for hours, and the second you pull him close, he just exhales against you like he can finally breathe again.

He trusts very few people completely. But he trusts you. Enough to let you see the exhaustion underneath the smile. Enough to admit when he’s afraid. Enough to let himself be gentle and that gentleness feels rare with him.

Because Tartaglia can destroy monsters without hesitation, can laugh in the middle of a fight, can walk into danger like it’s a game, but with you, he handles every vulnerable thing like it’s precious. He’d absolutely wake you up at ridiculous hours too.

“Hey. Hey, love.”

“Ajax, it’s three in the morning.”

“Look outside.”

You’d open the curtains to find him dragging you into the snow because he decided the two of you needed to have a snowball fight immediately. You lose horribly. Mostly because he cheats and underneath all the chaos, Tartaglia loves with his entire heart. Dangerously. Loyally. Completely.