flauel

roses in a vase being hit by a twilight sunset



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    “Whyever in the world would you be retiring? You’re barely thirty.”

    “Extenuating circumstances,” Alhaitham says. “I wanted an opportunity to get my affairs in order.”

    “Your affairs? What, are you—”

    “I’m sick, Kaveh. Haven’t you noticed?”

    “The coughing. Sure.” Kaveh swallows, then keeps talking like he didn’t just exhibit such an obvious nervous tell. “So, you’re sick. Is that any reason to upend your life? I understand needing to take the time to get better, but—”

    “I am not going to get better. I am going to get worse, and then I am going to die,” Alhaitham says plainly.

    Vietnamese translation now available!

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    "F-for two- Oh! No, no, no, no! It's not… We don't… Just one serving each! Separate, not together!”

    “…?”

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    It's only after they get back to the house and are eating their shawarma in the kitchen that Alhaitham finally voices the question that has been following him all the way home.

    “Are you ashamed of being seen with me?”

    Kaveh drops his drink. It rolls off their dining table, shattering on the floor with a resounding crash.

    “I- huh?!?”

    “I asked,” Alhaitham repeats patiently, “if you are ashamed of us being seen together."

     

    A short oneshot inspired by the secret Haikaveh interaction at the end of the first half 6.1 event quest! <3

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    “You despise my idealism,” Kaveh says matter-of-factly. “Vehemently and quite publicly with no small amount of vitriol.”

    “See it as a result of our disagreements then,” Alhaitham counters. “My mind hasn’t been as sharp without you to argue with.”

    Kaveh has never despised his own body more than in this moment. His cheeks flush unbidden and he feels a warm tug in his chest at something that’s hardly a compliment.

    Dori sells Kaveh a love potion (under duress). Annoyed with Alhaitham, Kaveh slips it in his coffee one morning only to discover that Alhaitham's behaviour doesn't change at all...

     

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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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    Kaveh regrets ever accepting this new commission. It is not the pay nor the project itself – both are to the architect’s satisfaction. No, the problem is the client and her obsession with Kaveh.

    She believes them to be “destined for each other” and takes Kaveh’s rejection as playing hard to get. In his desperation Kaveh lies about having a boyfriend, a certain scribe he shares a home with and is oh-so madly in love with. Now he has to convince Alhaitham to play the part, when his client insists on meeting the “love of his life”.

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