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things of blood and things of bone by alcyonenight
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
22 Jun 2024
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It is not a curse, though many would say it behaves as one. A curse is something malicious, something ugly. Kaveh chose this. He did it with the recklessness and lack of foresight of a child--but he chose this. It is not a curse.
It is a blessing. He asked for this.
Kaveh loves and he suffers for it, more physically than one might expect.
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15 Jun 2024
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I Reincarnated as a Fungus When I Only Wanted to Be an Architect by Bgtea
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
11 Jun 2025
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If there’s one word Kaveh could use to describe his life, it would be “ordinary”. Sure, the start of his life looks more like a sad drama movie with the death of his father, being abandoned by his mother, then being treated like luggage as he was passed from one relative to another. But he grew up, got a job working as a corporate slave, and became self-sufficient enough to pay his rent while not starving. Currently, his job is tedious, and the only joy in his life comes from spending his evenings at home alone, designing and building little houses in the game "My Little Aranara Friend", but things could be worse!
It becomes worse in the blink of an eye. He dies. And not only is he forcefully transported into the world of "My Little Aranara Friend", but he's also stuck in the body of a mob monster called a Fungus where his only hope of getting a human body is by levelling up.
...And also by saving the Aranara from mass extinction caused by some malevolent mysterious dark power called "The Withering" that, if left unchecked, will also destroy the world.
Fuck his life.
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14 Jun 2024
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Every child of Sumeru, from Gandharva Ville to Port Ormos, knows that the Dragon nests in the high branches of the Great Tree. The children chant among their skipping games of Rukkadevata, who tamed the great beast before it brought its grief and calamity to wither all the great jungle, of Little Lord Kusanali, daughter of the great goddess, to whom the beast only listens. Their parents gossip about the vast trove of knowledge, hidden in the boughs of the tree, far beyond the reach of any mortal scholar, where only the bravest and wisest may tread and come out alive.
Some old stories tell of scholars sent up in sacrifice to appease the Dragon’s anger, for when he is moved to fury, only the Dendro Archon can calm him, and when he is moved to sorrow, all the rivers flood and the jungle dies for his loneliness.
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A fairy-tale-esque story about a beauty, a beast, and of course, about love. No roses necessary.
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13 Jun 2024
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Kaveh is at his lowest low and desperate. He has no mora and he is being kicked out. When Alhaitham offers to live with him in exchange of sexual favors, how is he supposed to decline?
Or: Kaveh is an idiot.
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13 Jun 2024
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Arrogant, self-centered, and selfish, that's what his partner is. Kaveh is relieved that they are almost done with the project that they were assigned to work on together. Of all students from the Darshan of Haravatat, why did he end up getting paired with someone who's basically the epitome of everything that irks him?!
Kaveh is sure that he doesn't want to work with Alhaitham ever again. So when he suddenly finds himself waking up ten years into the future married to the said man, he is in complete denial.
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13 Jun 2024
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“If you miss me, you can just say so.” Alhaitham’s voice sounds so smug.
“Miss you?” Kaveh scoffs. “Don’t be absurd.”
Alhaitham became busy with work ever since he became the Acting Grand Sage. Kaveh comes over to his office to help him "relax" but they both end up getting a lot more than they bargained for.
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12 Jun 2024
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Kaveh is an omega that needs a temporary job after a disastrous project with his last client. He meets Alhaitham, an alpha and a single dad, who needs a stay-at-home babysitter for his daughter since he's often busy at work.
Kaveh knows it's risky to live with an alpha when he's still unmated but he takes the job anyway. It's just a babysitting job, after all. What could possibly go wrong?
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11 Jun 2024
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Collei observes him while he thinks, and a small smile creeps onto her face that he doesn’t recognize at all. “You like him.”
“Well - no - it’s not like that -” he stutters, but it’s no use. Collei giggles, hands pressed to her mouth. He gives up on trying to stay serious after a moment, laughing along. What’s the point of denial? He can’t pretend not to be in love with Alhaitham.
He recovers from the laughter much faster than Collei does, neck warm with embarrassment. He’s glad Alhaitham isn’t home to witness the conversation. He would never hear the end of it.
“For the record,” he says, “I do not like Alhaitham. He’s the most irritating person I know.”
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Tighnari and Cyno temporarily leave Sumeru, leaving Collei behind with Alhaitham and Kaveh. Kaveh tries to stay sane in these new circumstances.
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24 May 2024
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In the world of steel cities and technological pursuits, a young man reads a book about a dancer who calls forth rain and the sage of the desert who loves her.
In the world of divinity and golden sand, the young man remembers his previous life, and he realizes that he has become a villain.
Under his new name, Kaveh decides that he will give Nilou and Al-Haitham, the main characters of the book, a happy ending, even if the cost is his own.
— Or, Kaveh is reborn as the villain in an Alhaitham/Nilou and accidentally makes it an Alhaitham/Kaveh even though he just wanted to make his two favorite main characters happy
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- Part 8 of Genshin Impact With A Tad More Angst
- Part 1 of You Got All My Love (Haikaveh)
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19 May 2024
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Despite what Kaveh thinks, he’s the only person Alhaitham listens to, and the people of Sumeru have started to catch on.
Or, five times Kaveh asks the acting Grand Sage for a favor, and the one time Alhaitham asks for something in return.
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12 May 2024
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The Dramatic In-Depth Journey of the Loveless Light by ilianabanana
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
13 Jul 2024
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“Alhaitham.
No diré mi querido, mi amado o mi amor, ni ningún otro apodo cariñoso que no te merezcas. Nunca me llamas así de todos modos. Pero no importa.Porque esto es un adiós. No me verás por un tiempo”.
El Escriba recién reinstalado —que ya no funge como Gran Sabio—, con el salario más alto que cualquier Escriba jamás haya ganado, —finalmente libre de todos los títulos pomposos que le otorgó salvar a una nación—, Alhaitham —recién terminando su jornada laboral— ya tiene suficiente de esta mierda.
Podría haber descuidado a Kaveh por un tiempo. Cierto. ¿Pero quién podría juzgarlo? ¿Sabes cuántos libros se ha perdido siendo el Gran Sabio en funciones?
De todos modos, por el dramatismo sin precedentes de este saludo y las primeras cuatro frases de una carta de cinco páginas, espera que no todo Sumeru esté involucrado en la disputa con su novio.
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11 May 2024
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Kaveh always wondered about that fateful night at Lambad's Tavern. It was where he was found by Alhaitham after all. They had been estranged for years after their massive fight. What cosmic prank brought them back into each other's existence that night?
Years later as roommates and entering an eventual courtship, Kaveh yearned for more as he felt something was missing. But felt he was to blame.
He found himself wondering at times many what-ifs. The biggest one of course being;
What if Kaveh never came home with Alhaitham? How would their lives shape themselves then?
Fate has a strange way of showing they listen, don't they?
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06 May 2024
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02 May 2024
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Across The River (I Won't Go Softly) by dendro_slime
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
11 Aug 2025
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Sometimes, life decides to kick you when you're down. Other times, life decides to kidnap you off the street and use you as a human sacrifice to a god who famously ignores summoning rituals.
Sometimes, the god decides to show up anyway.
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There were a lot of things Kaveh had expected might come out of him being chained to an altar and offered up to the Grand Sage. A marriage was not one of them.
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- Part 1 of The Rivers Cycle
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- 25/35
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30 Apr 2024
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A man was set before the pavilion, dressed in a thin, white robe, his arms bound behind his back. Glints of gold dotted his body: a thin headdress across his brow, a band of gold over his upper arm, and thick bracelets encircling both his wrists and ankles.
Zhongli tilted his head at him, then realised.
His gift wasn’t a mere object, nor was it food.
His gift was the man himself.
Or,
Zhongli is gifted a human sacrifice from afar. It'll take some doing to transform his gift into a true and proper wife, but for one so pretty and so enticing...Zhongli is content to work and to wait for the fruits of his labour to ripen. (Childe, the sacrifice, has of course not be consulted in the matter and thus, is significantly less willing to cooperate.)
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- 7/7
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22 Apr 2024
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"Kaveh said that as long as it's nonconsumable," Alhaitham repeated, staring into the man in front of him. "He would use it?"
Tighnari held his chin, thinking back to what Kaveh said he wanted for his birthday.
"Yeah," Tighnari confirmed. "He said that as long as you get him something he could use, he would use it."
In which Alhaitham gets Kaveh a more-than-suggestive bunny suit (+ toys), hoping his roommate would keep his promise.
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22 Apr 2024
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Public Bookmark 118
Mystery Work
Part of Unreveal
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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15 Apr 2024
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Tempt Me Away (But I'll Always Be Yours) by snowytuesdays
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
18 Aug 2024
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"Senior Kaveh! You're early today."
"Of course, I was the one who asked to meet, how could I be late?" Kaveh said, a smile automatically forming on his own face.
"I don't know, perhaps you got distracted by another fraudster, asking 'Oh Lord Kaveh, will you build me a house'?"
"It was that one time," Kaveh said, his cheeks burning slightly. "You just happened to find me at a bad moment."
"Certainly, certainly," the scholar said, mirth in his eyes, “How could anyone possibly fool the great Light of Kshahrewar?”There's a visiting scholar following Kaveh around, all smiles and sunshine, and Kaveh finds himself torn between his lingering unrequited feelings for a certain someone and this bold newcomer.
But Kaveh starts to realise something strange- Alhaitham never appears at the same time as the other guy.
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- 15/15
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14 Apr 2024
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after all we stand for shatters by smthingclever
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
31 Mar 2024
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“I like the kind of person who doesn’t flinch when I look them in the eye, who doesn’t back down.” Childe’s grip on his tie tightens, eye to eye, blue to gold. “Someone strong enough to match me and ambitious enough to enjoy the...challenge.”
Zhongli’s rationality is swallowed by that soft ocean scent, his lungs clogged by the shimmering heat that drenches the air.
“Is that what you are?” he murmurs. “A challenge?”
“I think you’ll find, Mr. Zhongli, that I am the greatest challenge you will ever face.” Childe’s lips are a sin, hovering over his, apple-sweet temptation. “Will you back down now?”
And Zhongli, cursing himself, does not back down.
Childe is a dangerous crime boss threatening the peace of Liyue. Zhongli is the retired intelligence agent sent to infiltrate his organization and bring him to justice.
But beneath Childe’s many masks, Zhongli finds a lost soul who yearns for redemption, and beyond Zhongli’s steadfast duty, Childe finds a tired soldier who yearns for a home.
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- 17/17
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08 Apr 2024
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In the aftermath of a near-death experience, Kaveh is healing annoyingly slow. His body doesn't feel right, his head doesn't feel right, and his roommate isn't acting the same. Alhaitham is suddenly distant, unfamiliar, yet almost kind.
Kaveh's the one who stood before death's door, but why is it that he's the one who seems the least changed?
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10 Feb 2024