18 Works by abyssalwretch
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an exercise in burying the lede by abyssalwretch for chaentics
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
29 Jun 2022
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The tea that Zhongli pours them is not his usual blend; Hu Tao is concerned about him. Her kindness is a spark of life, a new experience, a breaking of his most comfortable habits. He prefers this attempt over some of her more colourful.
“I see you haven’t redecorated since I was last here.” Miko sounds pleased beneath the judgement, and he wonders whether she, like her Archon, finds comfort in that which is slow to change.
Many years have passed since they last took tea.
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all shot-through with stardust alike by abyssalwretch for pseudoanalytics
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
16 May 2022
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Albedo thinks he's starting to get the hang of their dynamic. He silences Kaeya with a hand to the sternum and directs him to lie wide-eyed back on the table. "Next time, I'll have you against sheets," he says, only belatedly realising both the presumption and intensity of the statement.
Childe whistles again and Albedo shyly smiles.
"Damn, Kaeya, you were right about him."
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to catch, and be caught in turn by abyssalwretch
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
14 Apr 2022
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Kaeya may be immune to many things, but he is not immune to Childe's crooked smile.
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Line the dominos up differently all you want. If you push them, they will fall.
Powder doesn't come with her sister on their job topside. Jayce and Viktor meet four years earlier.
There will be oil, and there will be fire, and their story will be told regardless.
This is on indefinite hiatus, though if I can ever manage to pick it back up again, I will.
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Within a month, Inazuma is overflowing with once-stifled creativity: art, music, poetry, and fresh ideas that flood the Publishing House queues. From Miko’s point of view, this is proof of a burgeoning market in Inazuma for all that is new—and equally, an opportunity to capitalise on it. She wastes no time, placing bulletins of her own and planting the seeds of a marketing campaign under the guise of a photography contest.
Announcing the Yae Publishing House’s Revolutionary New Project!
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“Will Mr. Fatooey be giving the Honorary Knight a Windblume? He’ll probably get lots. Everyone loves the Honorary Knight!”
Childe’s response isn’t loud as much as it is cutting: “What.”
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albedo’s razor, or when predicting the cavalry captain requires a formula all its own by abyssalwretch
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
15 Mar 2022
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Albedo has always known Kaeya is objectively a smart man. He wears intelligence like an ace up his sleeve: to be played in rare moments of shining, cutting wit, and otherwise obscured by airs of charisma, doublespeak, and a disarming smile.
The question is: if he is capable of quickly and accurately identifying the single potential hazard in Albedo’s lab, what else is he capable of?
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Aether is frozen. He can’t say a word. All he can think about is the hand on his stomach and how obscenely public this is. Childe leans closer and Aether catches sight of an employee ducking their head as they pass around the screen. Oh. He’s purchased discretion.
“Mora really will—” He swallows dazedly. “—buy anything in Liyue, won’t it?”
Childe’s other hand curls firmly around his hipbone, and Aether can’t quite keep his eyes open all the way. He finds himself resting back against Childe’s chest, cheeks pounding, jaw slack, chin tilted up.
“It's bought you so far, hasn’t it?”
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They met beneath lanterns, the night Ningguang dressed in gold.
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Kaeya catches a flashing glimpse of sunbeams glistening through water, a shape forming around Childe’s hands, and—
This is going to get interesting.
Kaeya and Childe spar. The rules of the engagement shift beneath them.
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He's prepared for anything.
He's not prepared for everything.It's Thoma. He sits atop a stack of boxes, flipping a coin the way Kaeya taught him. He's older, taller, broader. He's devastatingly handsome. Kaeya's heart stops in his throat and doesn't start again until his foot hits the dock and Thoma is approaching.
He doesn't show any sign of displeasure when his eyes land on Kaeya, and Kaeya is suddenly overwhelmed at the way Thoma's expression brightens. He's... happy to see him.
It's been ten years since Kaeya last saw Thoma.
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“That was quite an assassination attempt of a greeting.”
Kaeya has never been in a relationship that didn’t start as a hookup. Until now.
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Kaeya doesn’t have a concrete reference point for family. He has, at best, a vague idea of what it might mean to have someone scrub your dirty cheeks and nanny little scraped knees, to be shooed away from conversations you don’t understand into a warm embrace and an apron pressed to your face that smells of fresh-baked bread.
He’s never been brought home to anyone’s parents before.
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He requires a teacher who is a good match for him, and who better than someone who overcame losing an eye along the way towards mastering the bow?
Childe expects a grizzled old mercenary from the description he’s provided. Instead, he gets Kaeya.
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This particular morning, Kaeya’s world starts irregularly.
noun — an ardent desire or longing, a feeling of loss or grief for something lost
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An AU where after the events of 'A New Star Approaches', Tartaglia is re-assigned to Mondstadt. His active presence in the City of Freedom is a curiosity after Signora's cool detachment, thus it is only prudent that the Acting Grand Master turn to her most effective Captain to investigate.
Kaeya is talented at what he does, but he is blind to what he needs, and that narrow focus fails to alert him to something increasingly obvious until it has him by the heart.
Ripples in water travel great distances, and no one is prepared for the consequences when they come.
This series is on hiatus.
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- Part 1 of crystallization
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"What are your plans for this evening, handsome?" As he asks, Kaeya traces the rim of his wine glass with a finger and watches with amusement as Childe's gaze follows the motion. "...Feel like a bit of company?"
"Oh." Childe looks a bit surprised before he drops his eyes to his drink and his fingers start playing with the handle. "I actually... haven't, before," he admits somewhat sheepishly.
Kaeya thinks a moment. He's by far the most attractive prospect in Mondstadt right now, and Kaeya doesn't mind a bit of inexperience when it comes wrapped up in such a pretty package. "I'd be happy to show you the ropes," Kaeya offers. "If you're interested."
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The weight of Childe's attention is heavy, and Kaeya cannot shift himself against it.