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• I never meant to hurt you (but somehow I knew I would) by achillesdefender69

  Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  08 Oct 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Tartaglia | Childe/Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
  • Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
  • Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
  • Ying | Lumine (Genshin Impact)
  • Hu Tao (Genshin Impact)
  • Ganyu (Genshin Impact)
  • Yanfei (Genshin Impact)
  • Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Slow Burn
  • Pre-Canon
  • Ying | Lumine is the Traveler (Genshin Impact)
  • Tartaglia | Childe is Bad at Feelings (Genshin Impact)
  • Zhongli is Bad at Feelings (Genshin Impact)
  • Not Beta Read
  • Tartaglia | Childe and Zhongli in Love (Genshin Impact)
  • Tartaglia | Childe and Zhongli's Marriage Chopsticks (Genshin Impact)
  • Tartaglia | Childe Can't Use Chopsticks (Genshin Impact)

  Summary

  It was very difficult to find Mr. Zhongli most of the time. If he wasn't at the funeral parlour, which he tended not to be, he was out for a walk. If he wasn't promenading the harbor, he was at the opera. Either way, it seemed like there was never a good time to catch him, which made it hard for a certain Harbinger to actually talk to him. The little time they shared was spent in cultural and historic lessons from the elder with only a couple thoughtful, interested 'mm-hm' from the younger over a meal.

  Still, Childe cherished these moments as if they were gold.

   

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  Language:

  English

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