A pleasure to make your acquaintance in a more official capacity. As a fan of Layla and someone who can deeply relate to her struggle with sleep deprivation, I might be so bold as to ask of you to write a short story involving her and a G/N reader.
The contents can be whatever you wish as I greatly enjoy your romantic non-nsfw works.
I thank you for your time and your consideration of my request.
With well wishes, I bid you Adieu for now.
-👁️
Sigh, y’all I love Layla so much she’s such a sweetheart I just wanna do all her work for her so she can finally rest
Also this was written in the midst of my own sleep deprivation so sorry for any errors :p
Content Warnings: fluff, unestablished relationship? It resolves at the end don’t worry :)
Layla
Imagine visiting her at the Akademia, bringing her coffee or a snack to help keep her awake…
She doesn’t notice when you walk in or even when you sit beside her, only taking note of you when you slide the cup in front of her with a chuckle.
Her chin was resting in her hand, eyes closed and obviously asleep. When she heard your melodic laugh it woke her, causing her to look over at you with a sleepy smile.
“Oh, thank you y/n”
“Thought you may need a pick-me-up”
You say as you pay her shoulder, offering a smile before standing to leave for your other classes.
As you’re walking out you don’t miss a few of your fellow akademics giving you a questioning look. You’re not dense, you know they wander at what your relationship with the elvish girl is.
You’d been friends since you started at the Akademia, the two of you had hit it off instantly.
You’d always bring her little gifts of help her with her work, just hoping to alleviate some of her stress. You weren’t sure exactly what your feelings for each other are, just that the feelings are strong…
Imagine studying together in her dorm…
The sleepy look on her face as she stares at the papers in front of her is adorable. Her pretty yellow eyes look so tired, the bags under her eyes only further confirming your suspicions.
Her hand twirls the quill in her hand lazily, paying more attention to the device than the charts she uses to map the stars for your shared project.
“Here”
You move to sit beside her, taking the pen out of her hand and starting to write your own notes.
“Take a break, I’ll finish this”
She offers you one of the warmest smiles you’ve ever seen and your heart melts.
You’re trying to make sense of her messily scrawled notes when you’re pulled from your thoughts by her head resting on your shoulder. She’s so close you can feel her arm brushing against your own. She’s cold.
You move as carefully as you can, trying not to wake her up as you pull a blanket over the both of you. She cuddles deeper into your side, muttering something unintelligible under her breath and you can’t help but smile.
You finish up on your project a few hours later, sleep clouding your own eyes as you lean back on the various pillows on her bed.
Against your better judgment you let yourself fall asleep with the blue haired girl clinging onto your side…
Imagine taking her out on her birthday to star gaze, not to do homework or any projects. Just to enjoy the stars.
You’re both sat on a blanket you brought, looking up at the moon and stars. The night air is warm, the occasional chilly gust of wind making you shiver.
You look over at her, her eyes shining. She looks beautiful so at piece like this, her eyes sparkling with the constellations reflecting in them and there’s a smile on her face. A real smile.
Despite the calm of the night your mind races with thoughts. You love moments like this with her, you love not having to worry about anything or anyone else. But you need to know how she feels about you, if she shares your affections.
“Layla”
“Hmm?”
She asks. Not looking away from the night sky.
“What are we?”
She finally looks at you, a puzzled expression on her cute face as her nose scrunches in confusion.
“What do you mean?”
“Well, sometimes I think we act more like a couple than just friends…”
Her usually droopy eyes brighten up, scooting closer to you. She reaches out slowly, taking your hand in her own.
“I thought we already were a couple?”
Both you and her cheeks flush pink at the admission.
“Well I guess now it’s official”
You smile as you squeeze her hand tighter, bringing it up to your lips to place a chaste kiss to the back of it…
Info: OOC? Mentions of other characters, writing sucks, sorry if I get some lore wrong with some characters! Fyi, none of this is cannon besides the occasional lore mentions (also I was a bit lazy near the end)
Alhaitham: Alhaitham is surprisingly good at color theory, despite not using it often. How did he learn about it? No one knows
Kandace: Kandace always insists that you should keep your weapons in top shape so they don't stay dirty or break, that being said. Kandace will go out of her way for hours, just polishing/cleaning every single weapon she owns
Collei: Whenever Collei's Eleazar gets out of control, she'll have to use crutches for the time being, of course only if she's slightly stable. If it was any less, then she would immediately be put on bed rest. Collei also decorated it with stickers and bracelets to make her feel a bit better
Cyno: Since Cyno has white hair, one time when Tighnari was getting really fed up with his jokes, he emptied out his shampoo and instead put in black hair dye. For about a couple of weeks, Cyno had a weird black mop on his head that looked like roots
Deyha: On a rare occasion, when someone underestimates Dehya, she'll immediately pretend to be bad at something. When she's finished, she'll point out a flaw she made before going wild and showing off her skills
Dori: Dori used to have extremely bad handwriting, but when she started becoming a more popular merchant. She upped her game and practiced with her handwriting for days until she was proud of the result. She's even dived into calligraphy
Faruzan: Whenever Faruzan has time to herself, she absolutely loves learning about fossils and what animals or creatures used to walk on Tevyat grounds
Kaveh: Kaveh has a very long skincare route and will feel uncomfortable for the rest of the day if he wasn't able to do it in time
Layla: Surprisingly, Layla is secretly really good at ballroom dancing, but not tangoing
Nahida: Nahida has a very soft and unique singing voice, and during the time period when Wanderer was healing, she would use her voice for lullabies to lull him to sleep. Most of the time, she would sing to him when he was asleep, having a nightmare, but it would quickly turn into a dream when he heard Buer's voice
Nilou: Nilou is secretly really good at theater, but since she's put up a more confident persona when dancing, she gets really nervous and shy whenever she has to play pretend since she's not as confident
Tighnari: When Tighnari was growing up, he absolutely loved making fairy houses, and as he grew up, he got better and better at making them! He's even now taught Collei how to make some
Wanderer: Wanderer absolutely sucks at cutting hair, but since he's so used to his usual bowlcut, he's much faster at cutting his own hair
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A/N: Don’t ask me what this is, lol. Sometimes when I think of a character, I think of weird details like what they smell like, what color they make me think of, visuals or feelings, etc. I’ve been getting over a cold for the past over a week now and haven’t had a lot of energy to write, but these are things that just kind of appear when a character comes to mind, so I figured why not share them? Idk, sorry if this is boring, lmao. Uhh if you don’t find them boring and want to request a character’s ✨vibes✨ though, feel free to ig?
Big, scary storms with swirling clouds and lightening and thunder and tornado warnings
Watching heavy rain from under a canopy or through the window of a warm, cozy house
The shininess that leather has
Stepping through a muddy puddle of water
Sometimes knives but a very specific type of dagger-y knife that I don’t know how to explain
The steam coming from a hot bowl of soup or noodle dish
Marc Spector
Blood red
Fabrics like silk, velvet, and chiffon
Hair that is crunchy from a lot of product in it for some reason
Early mornings
But like really early mornings
Teddy bears for some reason
Unsurprisingly, bloodied knuckles
Radio/TV/walkie talkie static
The little lines at the corners of the lips on a tight-lipped expression; not the entire expression, just those little lines
Steven Grant
Sandalwood and tea tree oil
But also the smell of heat/sunshine when he wakes up after sleeping
Sundays
Having books with dog-eared pages and broken spines from owning them for so long, but also being horrified when you see someone else mistreating a book in literally any way
Being in the darkest, quietest part of a giant aquarium with only aquatic creatures and soft blue light around you
Flannel
Dust particles floating gently through the air, particularly in rays of sunlight
Yellow or gold but never both
Like a very specific shade of yellow, like canary yellow but paler
The creases in clothes that have been folded for a really long time but weren’t folded very well
Jake Lockley
Just a little too much cologne all of the time
Probably to cover the scent of blood, etc
The scents that you always see those weirdly sexual ads on TV for
With names “Crashing Waves” and “Tornado Dragon” and “Shipwreck” and shit
Late nights
Street lights
Falling asleep in a car while someone else is driving (probably because he’s a cab driver)
Car tire and horn sounds (Also probably because he’s a cab driver lol)
Really dark blue, like the sky during the middle of the night
I was gonna try to explain another color but I think I’m trying to describe a color that doesn’t exist
Addressing him by his full name literally every time you speak to him
Scratched records but not like the sound of scratched records, the physical objects
Hear me out: Layla with a really happy, ball of sunshine reader who is also ridiculously protective.
Someone tries to threaten our sleepy queen? The reader goes full cryptic and is just staring at them threateningly over Laylas shoulder.
Yae Miko tries to mock Layla? Oh shit there’s someone trying to start a war with Inazuma-
Not to say they don’t like anyone else, sunshine probably babysits peoples kids and pushes Nahida on her swing, and regularly makes teas and foods for hungry scholars to try.. but if you come after their partner chaos unfolds.
They’d also like.. stay up late to do Layla’s homework so she doesn’t have too, or make her teas and carry her around when she’s tired.
Protective Reader Headcanons
Nobody expected just how protective you would be when the two of you got together.
It wasn't until a few months into your relationship that something happened. While you two were out on a date, a classmate of hers walked past and made a rude comment about her always falling asleep.
Layla just brushed it off, but you did not. Instead, you got up and followed after them, dumping your grape soda all over the classmate.
It was the first time Layla had seen you do something like that, and while she doesn't usually condone stuff like that, she was proud.
You were one of the kindest and happiest people as long as nobody hurt the people you loved.
Yae didn't mean it to be a dig at Layla. She was just making a funny joke. But the death glare you gave Yae was enough to strike fear even in her heart… and two seconds later, you were back to your smiling self.
Layla often woke up with her homework finished or ended up in bed when she didn't remember doing it herself. But she just assumed she was too tired to remember.
You would never tell her about the little things you do for her, and you want to help in any way you can.
Layla forgets to pack herself a lunch most days, so you always have a spare one packed for her, just in case.
One time while the two of you were outside Sumeru City to go on a picnic, you were attacked by Hilichurls.
They didn't even stand a chance with your rage. How dare they try to ruin your date? They were all left unconscious in a pile, and Layla didn't even have to lift a finger.
How about some headcanons with Layla from genshin as a sister? :3
hello! I've actually only read about her so I hope this isn't too ooc :c thank you for requesting, though! I love to see her, hope you like these!
Layla as your sister f/o
If you are the younger sibling, she would go through the experience of being asked by your parents to help you with your homework at some point. She wouldn't mind at all, but she would be a bit nervous about it because she really wants to help you understand it and could easily get frustrated if her explanations don't get to you.
However if you are the older one, she may rely on you to reread essays she has written or ask about your opinion on some of her conclusions. Even if you don't know about the topic, just explaining it out loud to someone she can trust gives her a bit of confidence in what she's studying.
Hanging out in quiet places is something you two do a lot. Sometimes it is planned, but other times you have to drag her out of wherever she's studying so she can rest her brain for a little while. Might complain at first, but will thank you for the break while you eat something sweet in a peaceful cafeteria somewhere in Sumeru.
Some days one of you go to the other's room and your conversations go on for so long that you end up improvising a sleepover. Maybe it's an info dumping night that started with something new she learned about astrology, and in that case she's of course open to also listen to you about whatever that has recently been on your mind. She focuses on you at those moments and knows what to ask and when.
In case you're feeling more creative, you can make a fortress in the living room instead of sleeping in the same bedroom. She might be really sleepy and only reluctantly accepts, but then you go to the bathroom once and wheen you come back she's asleep in a magnificent fortress made of bedsheets, cushions and even some chairs besides the couches. It makes some good anecdotes for sure.
When strange situations like those happen while she's asleep, she'll go ask you about it first thing after waking up (if she has time, you know, there are classes and all). She trusts your words and experience living together, so whatever you decide to tell her will work. She's kind of in a hurry either way, she wouldn't even think of doubting you. Come on, it is you.
If you are free that day and she forgot something at home, be prepared to be called for help. Some of her classmates already know you as Layla's sibling because of how often you've had to come to the Akademiya after some of her sleepless nights.
Even if you insist that she should be more careful with her sleep schedule and all... It's not like she can promise to do so with all her worries about her studies. Those conversations have ended up in a bit of a siblings argument before. However, both of you know you care deeply about the other so you try to keep a cool head about it.
She came back to you after one of those arguments once to make sure you two still were on good terms. So, even though she can't totally change her habits, she started sharing her thoughts with you a bit more and looks forward you doing the same. Developing a deep siblinghood over time is something she thinks it's worth the effort, and would appreciate getting to that point while growing up beside you.
✰ те самые друзья, которые собираются чтобы выполнить долги по учёбе, но в итоге лайла вырисовывает на ногтях кавеха аккуратные звёздочки лаком, пока тот рассказывает про свой очередной проект. на фоне идёт сотая серия какого-то лёгкого сериала, из духовки тянет корицей и ванилином, гирлянды на стенах мерцают, создавая какую-то по-особенному уютную атмосферу.
✰ не забывают слать друг другу картинки с усталыми и сонными котятами с подписью "ты" или "мы"
✰ немного разбираются в специальностях друг друга, потому что наслушаные часы никуда из памяти не денешь, поэтому при прогулках с подругами лайла порой указывает на какие-то особенности в архитектуре города, а кавех на свидании может блеснуть знанием созвездий и отдельных маленьких, но интересных звёздочек.
✰ лайла может не отвечать часами, а то и днями, на сообщения, уходя в себя, и кавех в такие моменты не пишет ничего особо важного или требующего ответа — он присылает фотки с пар, видео с щеночками и лягушками, рассказывает смешные случаи, которые случились с ним на перерыве. когда лайла "отмирает", она отвечает на большинство сообщений, и всё встаёт на свои места.
✰ берут кофе друг для друга в кофейне недалеко от корпуса. лайла обычно пьёт мокко, хотя порой и берёт гляссе, кавех же верный приверженец латте с каким-нибудь сиропом вроде манго или фисташки.
✰ во время сессий являются будильниками друг для друга — полуночница лайла, проработав всю ночь, перед тем как лечь спать будит кавеха, потому что (как бы тот не жаловался) его самые продуктивные часы приходятся именно на утро. он же будит её в обед, чтобы поесть вместе, повздыхать и посмотреть какое-нибудь кино, потом лайла ложится досыпать и просыпается вечером, когда мозги кавеха начинают отказывать окончательно.
✰ у них есть песня, при включении которой они сразу начинают искать друг друга взглядом и фыркать от накативших воспоминаний.
✰ ходят вместе по магазинам, чтобы напоминать о том, что деньги — небесконечные. особенно часто это приходится говорить кавеху, уже потянувшемуся оплатить какую-то мелочевку, чтобы помочь котяткам.
✰ у них есть общие вещи — шоппер с кадром какого-то древнего мультфильма, заколки-палочки для волос и несколько футболок с совершенно ужасными принтами в виде мемов, которые дарит всем своим знакомым сайно. а ещё они собирают друг друга на свидания — потому что кавеху нужно мнение со стороны, а лайла порой забывает про само свидание, про выбор особого наряда по такому случаю уж тем более.
✰ частенько говорят по видеосвязи, хотя виделись буквально пару часов назад. вон там проехала желтая машина, ударь себя в плечо за меня, или смотри какие сегодня пирожные по скидке, понимаю, что экономия важна, но не сейчас, тебе взять? а какое взять? во вложении их диалогов во всех соцсетях тысячи тысяч неудачных селфи и красивых кадров, мемов, видео с мероприятий и вечеринок. порой они пересматривают их вместе, смеясь и вспоминая какие-то отдельные моменты.
