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    An assortment of vignettes from the intertwined life (and comedy routine) of Alhaitham and Kaveh: domestic and fluffy, and of no great importance. Most stand alone unless otherwise linked.

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  1. Public Bookmark 67

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    Auguste sets Laurent up on a blind date. The universe — and Damen — have other plans.

    “I am on a blind date,” the man says, holding up his hands to forestall any more explanation from the too-helpful Ancel. “My brother set me up and I just—I wasn’t entirely listening when he told me what the guy’s name was. It was something that sounded like Brayden, that’s all I remember.”

    “Could it have been—was it Damen?”

    Damen’s not entirely sure what makes him offer up that lifeline. He—obviously—isn’t waiting here for a blind date, and he doesn’t know this man’s brother from Adam. Even the smallest amount of questioning would show him to be a liar, and maybe even get security called on him.

    Still, as the man takes a moment to size him up, look him up and down appreciatively, Damen can hardly work up the effort to care.

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    16 Jul 2025

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    “He was—” Damen breaks off, swallows hard, pauses in the manner of a man soundly failing to find an explanation in what he is trying to explain, “—really pretty.”

    “What,” says Nikandros, “the fuck.”

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    The first time Damen meets Laurent, he mistakes him for a pet. It doesn't go well.

    No one lets him forget it.

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    23 Apr 2025

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    “I’m glad you’re okay,” Al-Haitham says, throwing a sideways glance at Kaveh as he turns back towards his stack of essays. “It would’ve been pretty embarrassing to die in a library.”

    “Fuck you,” Kaveh coughs.

    “Sad and alone,” Al-Haitham drones, “amongst rows of old, racist philosophers.”

    Kaveh groans, finally having caught his breath for the most part. “You,” he says, his voice still raspy, “are the most annoying person I’ve ever met.”

    Al-Haitham snorts. “An honor.”

    two idiots in love who don’t know they’re in love. classic

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    23 Dec 2024

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    Kaveh angrily shoves the last of his bagel down his throat, then cracks his knuckles and positions his keyboard out in front of him.

    you, he types furiously into the small comment box, are exactly the reason why so many fanfic authors quit writing. lucky for you i don’t give a SHIT about your blockheaded, extremely unqualified opinion. thanks for adding to my already massive view count!!! be sure to subscribe to get notified when i post another work!

    Then he presses post and slams his laptop closed.

    Kaveh deals with his #1 internet hater, FlyingVulture: some rando who reads his Deshret x Nabu fanfiction and leaves comments about how bad his characterization is.

    Meanwhile, he also deals with his #1 real life hater, Al-Haitham: his roommate.

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    31 Dec 2023

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    “There are three suitors who you can romance in this game. You must complete all your requirements with one of them."

    “Who are the three potential suitors?” Kaveh asks warily.

    “Your three suitors are Tighnari, the blunt Palace Chamberlain; Cyno, the standoffish Captain of the Royal Guard; and Al-Haitham, the acerbic Duke of Vultur Volans.”

    There's a new invention from the Yae Publishing House that turns a user's dreams into light novel stories. Kaveh has the (un)fortunate pleasure of being one of its first users.

    Too bad it dumped him in a romance game.

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    22 Oct 2023