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Kaveh’s tattoos are praised by celebrities and magazines alike, but somewhere along the path to his success, the meaning bled out of his art. Then, after ten long years, Alhaitham rides back into his life on a motorcycle - rugged, quick-witted, and infuriatingly unforgettable.
With love laced into the ink Kaveh had long since stopped believing in, something beautiful finally begins to take shape once more.
It was too immaculate, really. The sleek countertops, glass partitions, and impossibly white walls gleamed under soft, ambient lighting like they’d never known the comfort of a chaos Kaveh had lived with his entire life. Every surface was made of the kind of material that rejected fingerprints and resisted clutter - sanitized, both physically and emotionally.
Though the district his new studio was in was posh and high-end, it was surprisingly devoid of a single decent coffee shop. Perhaps the elitist locals had never actually tasted good coffee and simply mistook bitterness in a designer cup for depth - much like their conversations.
So far, Kaveh had choked down three lattes and a macchiato that tasted like lukewarm regret with a splash of oat milk.
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28 Dec 2025
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Childe's journey of rediscovering love and all its faces.
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10 May 2024
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People keep coming up to Kaveh to congratulate him. Kaveh doesn’t really know why, and he’s a little too scared to ask at this point, so he heads back home, content if not a little bemused.
He is, unfortunately, reminded of it the very next day, when the door slams open and Al-Haitham stalks in. “Mind telling me why everyone was congratulating me today?” he demands. “About your pregnancy?"
Or: Al-Haitham is, without a doubt, the most annoying person Kaveh knows. Maybe the world’s second-most annoying person can help Kaveh figure him out.
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23 Mar 2024
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Bokuto first sees his neighbour at the supermarket, three days after he's moved into his new place.
[...]For about a second, a heartbeat, he's met with a pair of dark, piercing eyes, with what is probably eyeliner, looking back at him. It really is just a split second before his hand knocks down three cereal boxes that hit him square in the head, effectively making him break eye contact and drop his groceries to the floor.
In which some of the first things Bokuto learns about his upstairs neighbour are the colour of his eyes and the sound of his moans.- Language:
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21 Mar 2024
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Akaashi is coming to terms with the fact that he might be romantically interested in his volleyball captain. Hence, doing what any sixteen year old with a problem should do. He asks about it online.
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21 Mar 2024
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“I'm gonna date that,” Bokuto declares solemnly, and Kuroo throws a plastic spoon at his head.
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21 Mar 2024
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What if we fell in love? by Intensely_Reading for kirishit
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
25 Dec 2023
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“Excuse me. May I sit here?”
Al-Haitham looks up. He watches the student’s red eyes darken with recognition. Unfortunately, Al-Haitham recognizes him too.
“Would you leave if I said ‘no’?” Al-Haitham asks.
And just like that, the student is sliding into the seat, flipping up the desk and pulling his tablet out. He shoots Al-Haitham a glare just as the professor starts lecturing.
(Al-Haitham, Kaveh, and the three semesters in between.)
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16 Mar 2024
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Kaveh wakes up at six AM to see his one-night stand sitting cross-legged on the floor, neatly folding his shirt and placing it onto a small stack of his clothes.
a modern love story.
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- Part 1 of love in the time of akademiya
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16 Mar 2024
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pomp and circumstance by luminvies for moonsteps
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Dec 2023
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“Coming!” Al-Haitham calls, navigating the maze of packing peanuts and crates. He undoes the latch on the door and lets it swing open, fully expecting to see the bearded face of his landlord only to be met with the vermillion-eyed face of somebody he had given up hope on seeing for the rest of his life.
There’s a long moment of silence. The aching swell of Vivaldi in the background and the rushing in his ears like the ocean waves.
“...Kaveh?”
Kaveh, globally-renowned musician, disappears off the face of Teyvat. Five years later, he shows up outside of Al-Haitham's door with no explanation but to ask for a bed to sleep in.
It's fine. They only have thirteen years of history, after all.
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Bookmarked by Tokui
09 Mar 2024
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Alhaitham purses his lips. “What did you say your name was again?”
“I didn’t,” says Kaveh weakly. He swallows.
Okay. There are two options here.
Option A: Tell the truth. Yeah, uh, hi. I’m Kaveh. I’m your roommate. Um. We slept together last night. Hopefully this doesn’t make things weird! Nice to meet you!
Option B: Run.
Kaveh is horrified to find out that his one night stand is actually his elusive new roommate.
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09 Mar 2024
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Forgive me for each halting line by 1mb, midnighter777 for feiro
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
14 Feb 2023
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“—In addition to the Mora owed, and being provided with housing, I’ll also pay off your outstanding debts.”
That sounds far too good to be true. Kaveh frowns. “All this, for a painting? What’s the catch?”
“On top of the portrait I’ve commissioned…” Alhaitham pauses, “Well, I want you to pretend to be my mate.”
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21 Jan 2024
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Somehow, they end up like this, Kaveh’s shirt half off and Al-Haitham’s own shirt hastily unbuttoned, and now they’re both just staring at each other in the mortifying emptiness of Al-Haitham’s apartment.
“This isn’t supposed to be happening,” Kaveh says, chest heaving. “You go against everything I stand for.”
Al-Haitham scoffs. “Oh, get over yourself, it’s a school club.”
“Fuck you too,” Kaveh hisses, and then he kisses him.
In which two enemies (Al-Haitham and Kaveh) despite their bitter rivalry (opposing college club loyalties) come together in spite of their differences. (They hook up. Occasionally. Like Kaveh said, it wasn't supposed to happen.)
Al-Haitham just wants to get to know Kaveh. Enough of this rivalry bullshit.
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17 Dec 2023
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Before his 30th birthday, Kaveh is given an ultimatum: either find a mate within a month or be arranged with some alpha from Fontaine. Left with no other choice, he resorts to his last option- getting into a fake relationship with the most handsome alpha he can find.
...Who also happens to be Alhaitham, the most insufferable person he knows, and now, his new "mate".
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09 Dec 2023
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“A symposium in Greek[,] literally means a drinking party. But Plato’s Symposium takes the occasion of a drinking party first to praise Love and then to define it. It is a philosophical dialogue[,] in which meaning is created in the exchange of words between the participants.” – Gillooly, Columbia University.
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the haikaveh bartender x kindergarten teacher au that i midwifed into existence
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05 Dec 2023
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this was such an emotional rollercoaster and soft haithamm<3
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To Dream in Shades of Green by Intensely_Reading
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
08 Oct 2023
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“There are three suitors who you can romance in this game. You must complete all your requirements with one of them."
“Who are the three potential suitors?” Kaveh asks warily.
“Your three suitors are Tighnari, the blunt Palace Chamberlain; Cyno, the standoffish Captain of the Royal Guard; and Al-Haitham, the acerbic Duke of Vultur Volans.”
There's a new invention from the Yae Publishing House that turns a user's dreams into light novel stories. Kaveh has the (un)fortunate pleasure of being one of its first users.
Too bad it dumped him in a romance game.
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21 Oct 2023
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Between You and Me, the universe slips by by Isralenn
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
11 Feb 2023
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A month ago, Kaveh appeared, disrupting Alhaitham’s quiet life and became his roommate. In less than a week, Kaveh left the house in anger. When he returned, it was the night of Alhaitham’s birthday. A year later, Alhaitham will celebrate his birthday again. This is a story that takes place within the span of a year and a few months. A story where Kaveh finds a grandmother’s unfinished wish, completes it for her grandson, and finds love again.
“It was my birthday.” Haitham replied, pouring more coffee into his cup to the halfway mark.“You bought yourself a cake?” Kaveh said, touching his mouth suddenly. He remembered how it tasted - that cake - all honey and richness, the slight fragrant crunch of pistachios still lingering in his mouth like a faint dream. “You did not eat it…”
Happy Birthday, Alhaitham!
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- Part 1 of Kavetham Valentine Week 2023
- Part 1 of Between You and Me - kavetham birthday series
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14 Sep 2023
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Kaveh can feel the heaviness of eyes on his back. He can feel people staring at his face. Waiting. Expecting. Everyone is holding their breaths, acting like it's only a matter of time until their entertainment begins.
Kaveh feels tired.
Kaveh doesn't want to be a clown in their imaginary circus. He and his emotions aren't tools of their entertainment.
He really doesn't care if Al-Haitham is the new Acting Grand Sage. Congratulations to him.Everyone expects Kaveh to react negatively to the news of Al-Haitham becoming the new Acting Grand Sage.
But he doesn't.
Instead, he stays and helps Al-Haitham to build Sumeru.- Language:
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02 Sep 2023
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are we lovers or are we roommates? by bringingglory
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
03 Apr 2023
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Hey, I heard you were looking for a place to stay. My roommate also moved out recently so I have a room open.
“You’re shitting me,” said Kaveh.
“What?” Cyno tilted his head.
Kaveh held out his phone. Cyno and Tighnari leaned over until the sides of their heads were touching as they read the message.
Tighnari jerked away. “Al-Haitham sent you that?”
“I didn’t know he had it in him,” said Cyno.
“Had what?”
“A charitable soul.”
Kaveh needs a place to stay senior year of college and Al-Haitham has an open spot.
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- Part 1 of lovers or roommates?
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13 Aug 2023
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Harry Potter left the Auror corps and became Mr. Ollivander's apprentice, while Draco Malfoy became an expert on making people's fantasies come to life. When Harry decides to see what Draco's up to, Harry becomes Draco's greatest challenge. Just what is the fantasy of the hero who everyone else wants to be?
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08 Apr 2023
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Draco breeds owls, Harry's an Auror, and an owl named Romeo is going to bring them together.
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- 5/5
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07 Apr 2023