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   you don't have to be a ghost (here amongst the living) by lilysweetdreams

   Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)  

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   03 Mar 2023

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   • Xiao | Alatus & Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Bosacius & Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Xiao | Alatus & Yakshas (Genshin Impact)
   • Madame Ping & Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Bosacius (Genshin Impact)
   • Indarias (Genshin Impact)
   • Bonanus (Genshin Impact)
   • Menogias (Genshin Impact)
   • Madame Ping (Genshin Impact)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Archon War (Genshin Impact)
   • Yaksha as Family (Genshin Impact)
   • Minor Violence
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Angst
   • no beta we die like diluc's dad
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Xiao | Alatus-centric (Genshin Impact)
   • Xiao | Alatus Backstory (Genshin Impact)
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Panic Attacks

   Summary

   A trapped child takes a chance on a stranger, in the hopes of setting himself free. But one god is only traded for another, and the boy knows that nothing will change.

   Right?

   or, as i told my housemate, i turn xiao in to a feral wet kitten of a child for zhongli to adopt

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