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Something in him—maybe some sort of last-ditch effort of self-preservating instinct—tingles at the base of his skull. A preview of the forum app icon stares up at him from beside the string of the link, its marshmallow-y thumb stuck up with a grin.
Shaking off his last shred of reluctance, Mydei taps it. A white screen buffers, and then the horror begins to unfold.
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My [28Mβ] long-term partner [27Mα] refuses to spend his rut together because of knotting. Is his concern justified?After Mydei receives some unexpected news, Phainon goes looking for advice in equally unexpected places.
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- Part 8 of atlas, my lover
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26 Jun 2025
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The problem, Kaveh decides, wasn’t just that Alhaitham had no range, even when the similarities were so close all he’d have to do was change his name. It was that Nilou somehow expected him to fix it. Performance chemistry was not something you could brute-force by proximity and stubbornness and sheer willpower. Kaveh has already spent a full semester proving that Alhaitham was biologically immune to charm.
Nilou rubbed her temples.
“Okay, look. You’re actors—well, one of you is. You’re meant to create illusions. Maybe just… pretend you don’t hate each other? And then hate each other when it calls for it.”
“We don’t hate each other,” Kaveh snapped.
Alhaitham, beside him, nodded agreeably. “I simply find him taxing.”
In Sumeru University’s production of Barefoot in the Park, Kaveh’s original scene partner breaks a leg. Literally. His insufferable roommate steps up to the plate. Only: they have zero chemistry and turn to alternatives, i.e, method acting.
But it’s fine, they’re adults. What could go wrong?
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21 Jun 2025
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from admiration to love, from love to matrimony by moongallery
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
16 Jun 2025
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"Forgive me, Lord Phainon, I can't help but be curious. How could you possibly not know that Lord Mydei has been your spouse for... four months?"
"To be honest, Miss Castorice, I haven't the slightest idea."
Through a series of events that may or may not have involved a Kremnoan courting ritual, Phainon had somehow managed to ask for Mydei's hand in marriage.
For some reason, Mydei said yes.
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03 May 2025
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Everyone had their fair share of secrets, some more so than others.
Mydei knew this better than most. To his colleagues and to anyone else he came across daily, he was simply the solemn one. He never said anything more than what was asked of him and he never lingered long enough to befriend anyone else. No man was an island, but Mydei came close to being one.
But alone, in the solitary privacy of his own room every Thursday and Sunday night, he harbored one little secret that he would never deign to reveal to anyone else.
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or, what do you do when these secrets come to light-and are found out by the person you least wanted to know?
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- Part 1 of parasocial
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20 Mar 2025
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Phainon shook his head with a sigh. “You know,” he began, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning against the wall, “you’re a lot more attractive if you’re only singing and playing the guitar.”
Mydei frowned at the backhanded compliment. Then, in the hopes of turning this situation on him and catching him tongue tied instead, he raised a brow. “You find me attractive?”
Unfazed, Phainon shrugged. “So what if I do? It doesn’t mean anything.”
He almost convinced both of them that it was nothing. But Phainon’s expression darkened, just a little bit, and he glanced at Mydei once more. “Unless, of course, you want it to.”
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or, what happens when you put a rising singer and a seasoned one together in one music tour?
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20 Mar 2025
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Breathing in, Cid purses his lips and releases a stream of white smoke, watching it blend and disappear into the morning fog. A shadow falls over him.
“You fell asleep,” Clive says. He stands over Cid, crossing his arms over his chest disapprovingly.
“Not the worst way to wake up,” Cid retorts, still half-asleep as he glares up into Clive’s eyes.
Clive’s face twitches into something that isn’t exactly a smile, but is a softer frown than usual.
Another small victory.
A series of moments between Clive and Cid as the two travel together and grow closer, all while Cid's plan and the mothercrystals loom in the background. Strangers to friends/allies to lovers. Slow-burn romance.
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02 Jul 2023
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When Kaveh discovers that Alhaitham has been reading a book about human sexuality and kinks, he generously offers to assist Alhaitham with some sexual exploration. It’s a risky proposal, and one that could end very badly—thanks to their falling-out years ago, the two of them have trust issues galore.
But it turns out that Kaveh and Alhaitham are surprisingly good at trust and communication when it comes to sex…which raises some questions about the nature of their relationship, and where exactly this whole experiment is leading them.
“Look,” Kaveh says, “if you’re going to approach sexual pleasure like an experiment, most potential partners won’t take too kindly to the idea of you having sex with them for science. Therefore, to spare all the poor people you’d inevitably insult in your quest for data, I am willing to be that person.”
“How charitable of you,” Alhaitham says.
“And I assume that you’re somewhat comfortable with the idea of having sex with me,” Kaveh adds, “or else you wouldn’t have been so willing to have my fingers in your mouth just now.”
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20 Apr 2023
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Engulf Me With Your Warmth (With Our Hands Bound) by nikirui
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
28 Jan 2023
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Cyno pressed the blade's tip to the demon's chest, "You don't belong here, demon. I shall pierce your heart with this spear and kill you slowly as you wish. Any last words?"
The demon only stared as he softly said, "You look divine."
Or, Cyno is an angel with a plan with his life in perfect control. That is, until the girl he was guarding decided it was a great idea to summon a demon.
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13 Mar 2023
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"Would you like to know a secret?" Haitham asked as he gently took Cyno's hand, slowly lingering on his palm. "Well, it is really no secret. I have simply recently been aware of that."
"Tell me."
"I have loved you then," he muttered, fingertips draping over Cyno's, gently entwining their fingers. "And I love you still."
Or, Haitham only pursues what intrigues him (and Cyno captivates him.)
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13 Mar 2023
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There may be some things you’d expect from the hosts on the famous Youtube channel of the production studio The Steambird, home to the viral web-series Teyvat Unsolved.
One of them might be about Diluc Ragnvindr looking like a bitter, lonely man that chugged about five miserable mugs of coffee as black as night every day to fuel his doubts about the unknown. Another might be about his companion, who looked far too dignified for the amount of confidence he has in the existence of most conspiracy theories, except—
Well, you’d be half-right — but only if you were referring to the True Crime season.
Or: Diluc has a penchant for covering the unsolved (and making a career out of it.) Whatever Zhongli’s hiding is no exception.
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23 Feb 2023
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One More Rule by noctuababy (kigamin) for frostgnavv
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
21 Feb 2023
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There are many ways to relieve pressure — some more on the legal end, others not so much. However, during the Celestial Games, Kaeya can’t afford any of them despite the increasing pressure — not when even medication is heavily regulated for fear of doping cases. With his first figure skating performance approaching, he needs to find a way to blow off some steam; losing is not an option when there is so much at stake.
Thankfully, Diluc, a boxer built like a dream with more than one vulnerable side to him, has a few organic alternatives to offer.
[KaeLuc, 3rd person POV, Olympics AU. Written for Kaeluc Valentines Exchange 2023]
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21 Feb 2023
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the waters you have poisoned, you will someday drink by eons
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
31 Jan 2023
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“why didn’t you come and find me?” zhongli can't help but ask.
“you came anyway,” diluc comments, taking a long, slow drag of his cigarette. he blows it out languidly and watches the way zhongli’s eyes linger on his mouth for a moment too long. “why is that?”
the tenth harbinger, brighella, is shrouded in mystery. zhongli is but a curious man.
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29 Jan 2023
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"That sounds more like love to me," Lambad says nonchalantly.
Kaveh points at him accusingly. "It is not love, it is turmoil. I am in turmoil."
Kaveh turns to Al-Haitham then, and part of him visibly softens at the sight. "Well, maybe part of it is love," he concedes. "I'm in love with you, Al-Haitham, did you know that?"
Al-Haitham, despite himself, smiles. It makes Kaveh's eyes widen. "I do know that, Kaveh. You told me a few nights ago, do you remember?"
"I think so."
"Good. Then you should remember that I told you to tell me that when you're sober, and maybe then I'll say it back."
Kaveh squints at him. "'Maybe?' What do you mean by 'maybe?' I have changed my mind. You are a bastard, and I am not in love with you."
There is no winning with Kaveh. But maybe, there is no losing either.
In which Kaveh keeps drunkenly confessing to Al-Haitham.
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23 Jan 2023
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Kaveh raises his hands, palms up. "I have nothing to give, Al-Haitham," he says, and the other's eyes grow fierce.
"You do not have nothing, Kaveh," Al-Haitham says roughly. "You may have buried yourself in your self-doubt, but you are relentless. You shine even when the moon takes governance of the sky."
Kaveh gapes at Al-Haitham. "So what I'm hearing," he says slowly, "is that you will not kick me out for the time being."
"What you're hearing is that I will wait for you," says Al-Haitham.
After all this time, Kaveh has yet to unpack his bags.
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Petrichor.
The smell of the rain, of the desert. That fragrant and earthy aroma that followed the sands just as it followed the darkened clouds of lightning, of fortuitous comfort even on a cold and windy night, of warmth even where there is said to be none.
That was Cyno.
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05 Dec 2022
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an opening, petal by petal by towine (blacktreecle)
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
24 Nov 2022
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At the celebration feast, Nilou asked Cyno if he would be happy continuing to be the General Mahamatra.
Cyno said, “It’s not about being happy. There are merely a lot of things that I must do.”
Alhaitham can’t say for certain why Cyno’s words bothered him. In a way, the sentiment is unsurprising; Cyno is, after all, dutiful to a fault. It makes sense that he puts his work over himself. Even so, Alhaitham wonders what the shape of Cyno’s happiness would be, if he allowed it to take form. If he ever allowed someone like Alhaitham to witness it.
Which he certainly never would.
Or: In the midst of the Akademiya’s rebuilding, Nahida sends her closest advisors on a trip through Sumeru.
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05 Dec 2022
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The tea grows cold and bitter, but the sunlight is warm, and if I listen closely, I can hear the waves against the cliffs in a familiar dialogue.
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In the months leading up to the Rite of Descension, Zhongli discovers a longing he did not know he had.
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26 Nov 2022
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Drunken shenanigans and complicated relationships, nothing is ever really as it seems between Diluc and Kaeya.
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26 Sep 2022
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After the death of his father, Diluc Ragnvindr begins a painful recovery. By chance, he meets Venti, a random drunk, who seems to have the world’s knowledge at his fingertips. Diluc befriends the intoxicated young man who teaches him of loss, love, and reconciliation, as he gradually grows suspicious of the bard, who he knows is much more than what he claims to be.
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It doesn't matter how much Kaeya loves Childe – he's not looking for 'forever.' Childe realizes he can't compromise.
Should you tell someone they are pretty when they’ve been crying? Kaeya wonders when he sees Childe.
“You don’t want to marry me.”
It's not a question. Childe stares him down, both hands on the table, and the paleness of his knuckles says so much more than words. He's so worn, half a shadow with the lights turned off. Kaeya's not brave enough to switch them on. He doesn't want to know what he's done to him.
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02 Aug 2022
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Had to suppress my tears while my heart is being ripped apart