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    It’s been two months since the storm, and Childe hasn’t seen Zhongli not even once, not since that fateful meeting with the Signora where the truth is finally unveiled.

    And what a fun little kick to the gut that is, the realization that not only had he been played by all sides, but he's also being tossed aside like trash now that his use had run its course.

    It’s not that Childe doesn’t get it. He’s a Harbinger. He knows first-hand what it means to do his duty, to put the mission first and his personal feelings far, far away, preferably locked up in a box, where it wouldn’t interfere with his job. He knows what it’s like working with vipers, to scheme and plot and lie in wait for the opportune moment to stab his opponent in the back.

    But this time, this time Childe can’t help but feel a little (a lot) gutted.

    Stupid. He’s gotten himself stupidly attached.

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    A story about Childe trying to move on after the events of 1.1 Update, but some of his actions have consequences, and those consequences have followed him back to Snezhnaya.

    NOTE: THIS FIC WAS DRAFTED BEFORE 1.1 UPDATE CAME OUT. MIND THE CANON-DIVERGENT TAG FOR THIS REASON.

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    26 Apr 2026

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    Lan Wangji has a recipe he wants to try, but doesn't want others to see him practicing. Unfortunately, he's discovered by a certain nosy head disciple of Yunmeng Jiang, and where Wei Wuxian goes, so does Jiang Cheng.

    Wei Wuxian is either the very best wingman, or the very worst.

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    26 Apr 2026

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    "Where does it go?" Varka's warm hands on his shoulders again, drawing him closer until he collides with heat and fabric and a strong, sturdy body beneath. Flins' eyes stay open. His gaze sticks to the azure of Varka's coat. "Where does all that hurt go, if we can't see it?"

    Inside, he supposes. Inside his cold, aching chest, where his flames aren't enough to burn it away.

    Finally, Flins shuts his eyes, fingers hooking in fabric, mouth pressed to Varka's shoulder behind layers of fabric. Fool, he thinks again, and imagines himself biting down. Varka has never seemed to know not to get so close.
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    Flins' body doesn't carry his scars. Varka is the first to see that, and, perhaps, the first to care.

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    22 Apr 2026

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    Flins is a late-night bakery employee, and Varka is the tired streamer who keeps visiting him at two in the morning.

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    22 Apr 2026

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    Barbatos is looking away at a crucial moment.

    Diluc, blinded by grief, kills his brother.

    (The abyss doesn’t let him stay dead for long.)

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