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    Cheng Xiaoshi is not a quiet sleeper. 

    Which is a pretty convenient excuse for Lu Guang to take the top bunk, claiming the mumbling, tossing and turning, the jolting awake would wake him. 

    Really, Lu Guang appreciates the leverage, the ability to check on Cheng Xiaoshi whenever his nightmares pull him from sleep. Appreciates being allowed to count his breaths and imagine his heartbeats as he takes in Cheng Xiaoshi's mumbles and steady breathing. 

    He hadn't appreciated it enough, in their first timeline. Had taken the soft breath and subtle creaks for granted. 

    OR the bed sharing fix I wrote in a manic haze after watching the Bridon Arc that is likely miles away from canon

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    14 Jun 2026

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    Lord Kusanali was safe. Azar was exiled, Cyno and the Traveler were bouncing around Sumeru finishing off the remaining Fatui hanging around, and Tighnari had recovered from his injury. On paper, everything was going well.
    So why was Alhaitham shaking as he attempted to unlock his front door for the first time in weeks?

    In the vulnerability of injury and exhaustion, Alhaitham can’t quite find the strength to deal with his emotions and spirals.

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    27 May 2026

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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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    24 May 2026

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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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    17 Feb 2026

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    cheng xiaoshi ignores that and gestures at the television, where vein’s photo takes up the entire left side of the screen. a reporter is discussing the bridon police’s investigation and how local law enforcement is cooperating after discovering cctv footage showing him boarding a flight that landed in the country a week ago. “remember him? i feel really bad for never reaching out to xia fei again… i hope he’s…”

    when he looks at lu guang, cheng xiaoshi trails off because though he’s stopped pressing the topic, he knows that this is that distance between them.

    or: sometimes lu guang seems lost in his own world and cheng xiaoshi will do anything to pull him back into this one.

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    13 Dec 2025