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    Kaveh’s fingers are cold. That’s all he can think about, as he clasps his hands together to try and disguise the shake in them. He tries not to think about the feeling of tears streaking down his cheeks, or the pain that is becoming a solid weight in his chest.

    “I’m sorry,” Kaveh whispers, hoarse, and he doesn’t look up at Alhaitham. He can’t bear to. Of all the ways that he has imagined how this would go, this wasn’t it. He always expected for it to be a big fight, hateful words screamed at each other through tears. Not this. Not Kaveh, giving in to his weaknesses and insecurities, sitting at the kitchen table as Alhaitham stands in the hallway, silently watching him. “I just don’t… I just don’t think it’s going to work out. You deserve better.”

    For once, Kaveh and Alhaitham don't fight.

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    09 Nov 2025

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    Al-Haitham comes up with a new method for improving Kaveh’s terrible self-esteem. Kaveh doesn’t completely hate it.

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    08 Nov 2025

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    5 letters Al-Haitham wrote when his horny yearner brain took over + 1 letter Kaveh wrote back

    Haikaveh Kinktober 2025, Day 31: Free Day

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    03 Nov 2025

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    Al-Haitham’s hand comes up to hold onto Kaveh’s. Within minutes, his breathing evens out and deepens in his sleep—only broken intermittently by his wheezes in between. Kaveh continues combing through Al-Haitham’s hair, up and down and up again. He slides his fingers through his bangs, rubs away the slight wrinkle near his brow, trails his fingers down the bridge of Al-Haitham’s nose, and traces over the curve of his cheek.

    Al-Haitham shifts, mumbling in his sleep—hand tightening over Kaveh’s wrist.

    Something painfully warm clicks in the softest parts of Kaveh’s heart.

    (Love, in the form of unconditional touch.)

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    27 Oct 2025

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    Sighing, he lets go of his envy, welcoming the exhaustion. It would be so easy to just not care, to not think more of their arrangement than what it was, like Alhaitham clearly did. He wasn't losing sleep over it, and Kaveh definitely did not feel disappointed by the fact (the telltale itch of his eyes, the hollow at his chest, betrayed him just like his heart did).
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    Or: Kaveh cries in Alhaitham's bed in the middle of the night, wishing and yearning for something that might be right at his fingertips. Alhaitham does not stay asleep.

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    24 Oct 2025