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The Drifter and the Stationary One by Another_Badger
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
11 Feb 2024
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The Mausoleum of King Deshret is a shrine to the dead; haunted by the mistakes of a man driven into madness. Only the dead linger there, waiting for the end of time to finally relieve them from their duty.
At least, that's what the scholars who reside in Sumeru City are told.
After being exiled after a failed coup, Al-Haitham finds himself wandering into the abandoned mausoleum and inadvertently stumbling across something that he had never expected.
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Or: What if Cyno was the guardian of a forgotten mausoleum that is one day intruded upon by a lost scribe?
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Relationships are a nebulous thing. One moment they are clear-cut and easy to define. The next, they are messy and complicated. To try and distil these moments of change would be a fool's task, but that doesn't stop people from trying. As Al-Haitham and Cyno begin to work closely together; other-throwing a government, rescuing an archon, and dealing with all the world throws at them, they realise how difficult it truly is to define a relationship.
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Essentially boils down to the idea that when one is injured, the other will be there to help... no matter how frustrating that can be.
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The life of a mercenary is hectic and leaves very little time for Dehya and Candace to spend time together. So, in the early morning sunlight, Candace finally has time to admire her sleeping girlfriend while Dehya has to wait for night to fall.
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When the Sleep-Paralysis Demon Danny (who existed before Danny Gonzalez) becomes bored of simply standing in the corners of dark rooms, he hatches a plan to become a more powerful demon.
Unfortunately, someone or something (it's Hat Man) gets in his way and so Danny will have to use all his cunning to survive.
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Bite My Tongue and Taste the Blood by letters_of_stars
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
20 Nov 2023
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“Can I help you?” Alhaitham asked, settling back into his chair. He was never completely sure where he stood with Tighnari. Were they friends? Possibly. Probably. They drank together, at least. But Tighnari was a little too sharp for Alhaitham’s comfort; he always felt a little transparent under his eyes. But now those eyes weren’t focused on him. They weren’t really focused on anything. Tighnari looked half-mad with exhaustion, hair mussed and ears twitching wildly. He leaned one hand heavily against the doorway as he slumped in place.
“Where is the Temple of Silence?”When Hermanubis turns against his host and leaves Cyno near dead, Alhaitham has too little time and too much desert to search in a desperate bid to find the Temple of Silence and the only people who might be able to save him. (Oh yeah. And then maybe he can confess.)
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22 Aug 2025
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Alhaitham swallows and nods, still taking him in. “You have a new scar.”
Cyno’s jaw clenches. “This injury saved a half-dozen lives. I consider it a badge of honor.”
“I’d hardly call it that,” says Alhaitham in a faint voice.
“What do you care what I call it?” Cyno asks coolly, before pushing past him. He lowers his voice. “Are we not strangers?”
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Time Loop AU where the Samsara happens first. Alhaitham and Cyno relive the day of their reunion again and again and again, until they fall apart. Loosely follows the events of Sumeru's AQ.
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13 Aug 2025
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that green, gilded crown by Giosele for babygirlbarbatoast
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
18 Jul 2023
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“Haven’t you heard the rumors about me?”
“I’ve heard a few.” Cyno tightens his grip on his dossier. “None that I should believe.”
“You should.” Prince Alhaitham smirks, but there’s no joy in it. His voice is bitter when he speaks. “I have a spell woven into my soul. Against my wishes, I belong to the first person that makes me laugh.”
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Alhaitham somehow adopts a crown and a curse: whoever is the first to make the Sumerian Prince laugh wins his heart.
Cyno simply wants to protect his queen through her doomed matchmaking ceremony with Sumeru’s Prince. He has no intention of winning any hearts, but he ends up losing his own.
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27 Jul 2025
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“You’re in love with the General Mahamatra?” blurted the Spantamad sage, the moment the door had closed.
He was supposed to be a sage. If Alhaitham had any ambition, he would have despaired.
It sneaks up on him like Cyno did, the realisation: that Cyno had made a place for himself in Alhaitham's comfortable life, and had turned it into a home
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15 Jun 2025
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“Natsuki’s face filled Shin’s vision, framed by the flickering fluorescents overhead. The dim light buzzed and bent around him, turning his curls into a shadowy halo, catching the edges of his features.
Dark hair, light skin, dark eyes—he was a mosaic of contrast. It made the moles on his face stand out even more, like deliberate brushstrokes. Intentional. Specific. Like a painting. But unlike a painting that face was moving.
And oh, he was shouting.
“Do you have a fucking death wish, you shitty esper?!””Shin, in typical fashion, ignores a blazing forest of red flags to help Natsuki trial his recent ESP related invention. The burnout was inevitable. The confession? Less so—though it had been smoldering beneath the surface for longer than either of them knew.
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10 Jun 2025