#those poor fatui agents tho 😭 they can never look you two in the eye again

[fatuismooches]

Hey smooches!

All the Arlecchino crumbs recently brought to mind an old idea of mine!

Just imagine papanella telling you that his coworkers are off limits, for your own safety of course.

But...who can help it when The 4th Harbinger, The Knave, comes along and practically sweeps you off your feet? Some sneaking around that cannot last long, because of papanella's info network, so you have to settle for fleeting moments that Arlecchino steals by sneaking into your room in papanella's estate.

Arlecchino cannot help but lure you into a wing of the palace on her rare stints back in Snezhnaya and crowding you against the wall to look down at you with her dark eyes...

She just can't help how her lips lower to yours in a moment of passion while a few fatui agents pass by, but they would never dare look twice...let alone say anything to a soul.

Papanella would eventually find out and...oh his fury and worry would cause quite the stir amongst the other Harbingers. So much so that, during one of their banquets, Childe brings up how he saw you writing a letter and how you seemed rather dazed while sliding it away into a drawer.

Childe doesn't exactly like Arlecchino, so he worries for your safety with one of the most unstable Harbingers.

That starts an argument with Capitano observing, he had been the one you confided in after all...

I am rambling but this idea is genuinely stuck in my brain!

Oh. OH. OH OH OH- I'M DISINTEGRATING. Papanella knows very well how... eccentric his co-workers can be and some of the malicious activities they're a part of, so he always resolves to keep you far away from them! He can't risk you getting caught in between one of them, who knows what these kinds of characters will have you doing? Too bad his words are falling on deaf ears the moment you caught eyes with Arlecchino :) The two of you sneaking off for some alone time 🤭 You two may only have a few moments before someone realizes both of you are gone but that only makes it feel all the more better. It's not that long but the way Arlecchino kisses you with such passion and possessiveness makes you feel like she's been here the whole time. You definitely make excuses to Papanella as to why you need to go to the orphanage every week...

Oh but i can't imagine the scolding you'd get from Papanella 😓 Childe ily but don't snitch on reader like that, Arlecchino treats you very well 😤 Arlecchino herself probably just straight up ignores his accusations and doesn't care though. Capitano, while a bit wary of her, just wants you to be happy. It'll take a while but Papanella come around and accept the Knave as your partner (eventually)