1 - 20 of 153 Bookmarks by SleeplessArtist
Navigation
List of Bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
“Hey, that’s—”
“You’ll feel far better when the menial tasks are out of the way.”
“Ugh.” Damn Ratio for being right. Aventurine knows he’s right. In any normal case, he’d give himself that very advice ten times over. After all, he didn’t make it to P45 by humming and hawing. “So, what's your smart plan, oh venerable genius of mine? Surely we don’t need all of these?”
-
Between a gaggle of cold-ridden cat cakes, a rare bout of burnout from an arduous mission, and the looming fact that he has to decorate for the IPC's belated holiday celebration, Aventurine finds himself inadvertently enlisting the upright Dr. Ratio for help.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 7,833
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 20
- Kudos:
- 743
- Bookmarks:
- 116
- Hits:
- 6,372
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
16 Jan 2025
-
Tags
Summary
A #Ratiorine AU inspired by Pirate Aventurine fanart!
All sailors have their legends about the monsters in the depths of the oceans and this story is just one of them.
Our story starts with a man with its very own legend, the Ghost Pirate in the Dead Sea...
...and the Legendary Kraken who's taken a liking to him.This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Series
- Part 1 of The Treasure's Secrets
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
15 Jan 2025
-
all my rules need breaking by Legendaerie
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
14 Oct 2024
Tags
Summary
"And if I told you that you could not accomplish your goals, that your dreams would dissolve upon your waking with nothing but the aftertaste of sleep in your mouth, would you still wish to try?"
---
Missing pieces of the Charmony Festival disaster, as viewed through the lens of those who lived what might (or might not) have happened.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
19 Nov 2024
-
Tags
Summary
Aventurine clicks his tongue as he continues to stare at the display. After a moment, he decides. “Two slices of the classic chocolate cake please. To go.”
Veritas’ hands work quickly, grabbing two boxes from the side and sliding open the display counter glass door.
“Ah yes, excellent choice to satisfy a sweet craving,” Veritas comments as he scoops up the slices, smiling as the chocolate cake is no longer whole.
“No no, it's not for me. I don't like sweets,” Aventurine says.
In which small cake shop owner, Veritas Ratio, pursues his sudden infatuation for a certain customer.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
30 Sep 2024
-
Tags
Summary
The man bristled, his gaze darting around with nervous uncertainty. “What’s the catch?” His tone was wary and thick with distrust.
“As I said,” Veritas gripped his sleeve, trying to temper his frustration, “you will be my lab assistant.” He paused. “This does mean that you will take orders from me, but it will be as an employer, not a master. You maintain the right to refuse and leave my company at any time, however, as one with far more experience in navigating the real world, I would not advise doing so until you have a stronger foundation.”
“...” The former slave’s expression flattened into something difficult to read. He almost looked like a different person altogether without his usual facade of faux-confidence. “You’re a strange man, doctor.”
“So I’ve been told.”
--
Ratio is 'gifted' a slave. Even though he frees the man from his service immediately upon arrival, he can't help but feel responsible for the well-being of a person with nowhere else to go.
So, in lieu of any better ideas, he takes the former slave on as his lab assistant. Just until he gets back on his feet, of course.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
29 Sep 2024
-
Tags
Summary
They kissed maybe the third or fourth time they met. Slept together the time after that. That was the first time. The second came soon after that, then the third, fourth, fifth.
Their formula was quick and rough. They weren’t kind to each other. They weren’t gentle. Aventurine liked it that way. He was content with it, he was, but now Ratio is soft with him, and Aventurine likes that so much more. It’s terrifying.
|
Ratio is in love. Aventurine is so, so scared of that.Series
- Part 2 of medians
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
04 Jul 2024
-
Tags
Summary
“Were you worried about me?” Aventurine asked, not sure if he were hoping for an easy out or to be drawn even further into Ratio's orbit.
“Do not state the obvious,” Ratio said, bluntly.
Oh.
“I see…” Aventurine muttered, thrown off by Ratio’s easy admission. “I can’t really help it, though. I don’t know how to swim,” he said with a small smile. “Lucky me, you’re here!”
-
or, after a mission ended with Aventurine nearly drowning, Ratio takes it upon himself to teach the damned gambler how to swim.Series
- Part 2 of the appeal of domesticity
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
26 Jun 2024
-
Tags
Summary
"take it. it is for free."
"nothing is free."
"then what will you do?"
"what do you want?"
you. ratio says nothing. always you.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
13 Jun 2024
-
open up and swallow (on your knees) by katraa
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
05 Jun 2024
Tags
Summary
from: the doctor is in
Are you still waiting for that apology, gambler?
I much prefer these types of notices be served in person.
Orally.Aventurine chokes on his drink. Cheeks scorching red, he rapidly thumbs back up to the picture. And then chokes again.
No, he hadn’t sent an adorable cat to the good doctor whatsoever.
Aventurine, trying to send a picture of a grumpy cat to Ratio while tipsy, accidentally sends an explicit picture of himself. Ratio's reaction is quite the surprise.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
07 Jun 2024
-
Tags
Summary
Ratio lets out a hiss of pain, pressing his other hand to the wound. Aventurine knows that won’t help.
It’s too late. He knows this, feels it in the bones that protect his heart.
Ratio turns, and Aventurine can already see the beads of sweat at his temple. He can already see the way Ratio’s skin is turning pale and sallow before his very eyes.
Of course, of course, of course. There was never any other way this could go.
When Ratio gets injured, Aventurine makes his peace with losing the doctor.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
04 Jun 2024
-
love is a game you say by regal (summonerspirit)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
25 Apr 2024
Tags
Summary
"Come now Doctor, you shouldn't lie to yourself," Aventurine smiles as if he knows Veritas's darkest secrets.
And perhaps he does to an extent.
Perhaps he can see the way his gaze strays to Aventurine more than necessary, and the desire that lurks beneath.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
30 May 2024
-
Tags
Summary
As he walked among the other — legit — students, he couldn’t help but notice how easy it seemed to pretend to fit in, to be one of these many desperate students losing nights over an exam instead of a high-stake gamble.
“Ah! Scholar King, bless us!” a crying voice caught his attention. The Scholar King.
It took a moment for Aventurine to remember why that epithet sounded familiar, and when it did, he couldn’t help the chuckle escaping his lips.
Blessed Gaiathra, he was sure Ratio hated this tradition.
-
or, Aventurine pretends to be a student to attend one of Ratio's classes.Series
- Part 1 of the appeal of domesticity
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
20 May 2024
-
The Cat Pastry Conundrum by midnighter777
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
20 May 2024
Tags
Summary
“Ah, that.” Ratio nods, as if whatever the hell the pastry cat thing was…well, normal. It left Aventurine wondering if strange mutations running around were a common occurrence on the space station. The doctor gestures in the thing’s general direction. “That is one of Ruan Mei, member number 81 of the genius society’s creation. It’s simply a byproduct of one of her experiments and is harmless.”
The cat pastry's gelatinous body jiggles as it looks up at Aventurine, and blinks slowly. It warbles, and he has no idea what that sound was supposed to mean. “I’ll have someone pick it up in the meanwhile, and —“
”It can stay here.” Aventurine blurts before he can stop himself.
In which one of Ruan Mei’s cat pastries makes its way into Aventurine’s room, and he ends up caring for it with the help of a certain doctor.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
19 May 2024
-
Foreign Dreams & Familiar Nightmares by tkettIe
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
11 May 2024
Tags
Summary
Sex meant nothing to Aventurine... but it was a nightmare to someone named Kakavasha, hidden away under walls of amber and coin where no one could ever hurt them again. So far, unfortunately, that no one could find them to be loved again either.
And then one day, a man named Dr. Veritas Ratio appeared.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 11,830
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 112
- Kudos:
- 1,983
- Bookmarks:
- 370
- Hits:
- 22,059
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
14 May 2024
-
The Many Worlds Theorem by midnighter777
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
11 May 2024
Tags
Summary
After making his way back from the edge of death, Aventurine is too scared to sleep. Ratio helps with that.
or,
How Aventurine and Ratio sleep together three times, and have sex once.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
11 May 2024
-
This Hypothetical Other Version by my_melody (annieinspace)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
26 Apr 2024
Tags
Summary
Ratio stared back at him with something even more guarded. “I must say, I don’t trust that look you’re wearing.”
Aventurine played innocent. “What look?”
“That one. Whatever you're thinking up there, I promise you, it’s not as important as being wise.”
Aventurine smiled. “Doctor, I’ve never been wise.”
-
(Or, Aventurine dwells in never-ending nightmares, and Veritas Ratio lingers instead of leaves)
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
10 May 2024
-
my bad habits lead to you by NoirSongbird
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
05 May 2024
Tags
Summary
Aventurine has many, many bad habits. Dr. Ratio is, arguably, among them.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
06 May 2024
-
Tags
Summary
He was pleasantly buzzed and felt warmth all around. He wasn’t lightweight, two drinks in he was only nursing a relaxing humming in his bones. The window in his office basked the room in a soft orange glow and lit his face golden. He had been blessed with a pleasant view as well tonight. Right across from him sat none other than Veritas Ratio, esteemed doctor and educator, with an empty whiskey glass waving dangerously in the air while animatedly rambling on about whatever – or whoever – had personally blighted him with their idiocy.
or, Ratio and Aventurine have a drink together and the soft moments that follow.
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
06 May 2024
-
Tags
Summary
He was stopped by a thick arm curling around his waist, holding him firmly in place as Ratio spoke, his voice quiet. "You certainly took your time."
For a moment Aventurine paused, peering into those typically stoic eyes, his brows pinching together. "Considering everything I went through I think I'm allowed to be a bit late."
As he watched, Ratio's jaw clenched and his throat bobbed. After years of working together and building respect, Aventurine liked to think that he knew how to read Ratio. However, at that moment, he began to question if he really did. After all, what did Ratio have to be anxious about? All things considered they had emerged victorious, the plan had gone off without a hitch and Aventurine had returned alive. There was nothing for him to be uneasy about and yet…
"I suppose a bit of tardiness is acceptable." Ratio acknowledged, drawing Aventurine's thoughts to a screeching halt.
After Penacony, once the dust has settled, Ratio decides to take full advantage of the fact that Aventurine came back from it all alive.
Series
- Part 2 of A Long Shot
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
25 Apr 2024
-
i need you here to stay by oh_carrot_my_carat
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
15 Apr 2024
Tags
Summary
Ratio knew, in theory, what it meant when the light of a cornerstone was snuffed out.
But theory and reality were often quite different.
Aventurine was alive. He had to be.
Ratio gnawed on his lower lip and came to the terrifying conclusion, not for the first time, that he didn’t know what he would do if Aventurine were to never return.
(title from Line Without a Hook bc of fucking course it is)
Bookmarked by SleeplessArtist
19 Apr 2024