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Veritas Ratio and the Blessed Gambler by tuttlebirdy
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
02 Feb 2025
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It’s not often that Hogwarts accepts a transfer student in their seventh year – but that’s not the only thing that makes Aventurine special.
A Muggle-born Slytherin, a charismatic showman, and a fool who sometimes seems like he has no idea how to cast magic… but at times seems capable of far more than he should.
The more Ratio learns about his new classmate, the greater his intrigue grows.
… And the deeper his emotions become.
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02 Feb 2025
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if you tell me where you’re going, I’ll tell you where you’re bound by Salmonellagogo
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
14 Apr 2025
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“You smell like heat, Tartaglia.”
Childe swallows. Yes. As much as he has tried to deny it, ever since that first night he started to feel himself burning up aboard the ship bound for Snezhnaya… it is still inevitable. He looks The Knave in the eye, and says defiantly, “I do.”
Or, after the Fontaine story quest, while recovering on a ship bound for Snezhnaya, Childe's rut starts to coalesce. However, there is a secret that he hasn't told anyone since his time in Liyue, and it finally catches up to him.
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26 Dec 2024
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a study on innovative approaches to mitigation and elimination of some hanahaki bullshit by Dr. Veritas Ratio, Ph.D. by profligate
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
24 Jun 2024
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“Ah,” Aventurine said, rubbing his arm, “so that’s why they had us refresh all our vaccinations before this trip. We’re not in any danger of falling ill, are we? I’d hate to ruin such a nice vacation.”
“It’s unclear,” Ratio said. Aventurine side-eyed him, looking less relaxed now. But if those folktales had any merit to them at all, “more likely, no.”
They were approaching the town now, inclined turquoise shingles peeking out over the edges of the treeline. It seemed like every building here was overgrown with flowers—flowers burst from the vines on white stucco walls, bouquets hung from the bucket-laden stalls at every corner, and almost all the windows were decorated with boxes abundant with blooms.
“It’s beautiful, but,” he grimaced, voicing Ratio’s thoughts aloud, “a little morbid, isn’t it?”
To a scientist, mythology and fairy tales are simply veneers that warp and obscure the truth. And to a doctor, diseases are problems that can be solved with logic rather than love.
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18 May 2024
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Strangers in the Night by veris_militude (semblanceoflife)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
28 Jul 2024
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Aventurine makes it out of the abyss - and into a different world. Things are different here - simpler. There are no Aeons, no intergalactic factions and corporations, no Paths and Blessings. He is not naïve enough to assume that there is no cruelty and discrimination here - for there always is - but for the most part, everything is peaceful.
Here, Aventurine's priorities are getting people's coffee orders right. Fairly straight forward, if you ask him.
Except for the bit where he is surrounded by too many familiar faces, and they remind him of a place he can no longer return to. That's okay. People come and go, and so will they.
Except for the bit where they come and go and come back.
AKA. Aventurine gets dropped into a coffee-shop AU with all the memories from before. He's handling things until he's not handling things. That's okay, because he still has friends (and Dr Ratio) in this world. He just doesn't know it yet.
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- Part 1 of [HSR!Ratiorine] Coffeeshop!AU
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19 Apr 2024
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at least in this lifetime (we're together) by mouwwie
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
02 Jun 2025
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“You need to understand that I was out of options,” Zhongli quietly said. “I would never do such a thing without your consent if it wasn’t the only way I could imagine saving your life without endangering anyone else’s.”
Childe didn’t reply for a moment, reluctantly deflating from an attacking position. He was still pissed, that much was true, but he needed to know what his situation was. What sort of contract could have possibly tied him to Zhongli that wouldn’t make him a deserter? What sort of bond they could have made that Tsaritsa wouldn’t dare to challenge? Unless…
The realisation dawned at him with a horrible thud of his heart, at the same time as Zhongli said it out loud, finalising Childe’s fate. “That being said… I initiated an adeptal marriage contract between us.”
Childe would have laughed until he choked if he didn’t have the most violent urge to cry.
Or, saving Childe's life, Zhongli accidentally gets him into an adeptal marriage, which has very interesting consequences for Childe and his still broken heart.
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An accidental magical bonding isn't how Childe wanted to become a father, but parents don't really get to choose their children, do they? He's only giving up a year of his life, just until the baby can bond with her birth father, but it's still a year of his life. Besides, he and Zhongli aren't on the best of terms--not any more--and now, they're stuck raising a baby together. It's alright, though. It has to be. And all he has to do is not get attached.
(Aka: Childe accidentally bonds himself to a baby adeptus, tries not to get attached, and then gets very attached.)
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01 Jan 2023
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[ongoing] I don’t even need this to be finished go know it’s probably my favorite piece of zc ever also love Xiao here
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A Mildly Threatening Confession by Cavalierious
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
30 Sep 2022
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Ekaterina forces Childe to confront Zhongli in the aftermath of Osial.
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“By order of the Liyue Qixing, all members of the Fatui who are non-essential to the day-to-day operations of Northland Bank are to leave Liyue by the end of the month.
Please note: Harbingers do not qualify as essential staff.”
The only thing more difficult than completing a mission in a nation where Childe is hated, is completing a mission in a nation where he’s being threatened with imminent deportation.
Out of alternatives and with failure not an option, the only way he can hope to remain in Liyue is by entering a relationship with one of its residents. He can think of only one person eccentric enough to go along with such a suggestion.
OR: The inherent awkwardness of undertaking a secret mission while falling in love with the guy you’re fake dating for your residency permit.
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18 Sep 2022
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Most certainly gotta be one of the top 3 zhongchi fics ever like this is IT
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Zhongli has opted to engage in more spars than usual, as of late.
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“You’re lonely, aren’t you? You miss her, don’t you?”
A quiet moment hung between them. Childe thought Zhongli might hit him, and that wouldn’t be the worst outcome, brawling in his room. “I did not appreciate her as she deserved while she was alive,” he admitted solemnly.
“So, pretend I’m her. Just for the night, one night, you can have her back.” Childe curled his fingers into the front of Zhongli’s shirt. He hoped he sounded self-assured, not desperate.
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[post 1.1 update/ chap 1, act 3] childe couldn't have zhongli's gnosis, as he'd given it away. childe couldn't have zhongli's heart, as it belonged to another. but he could have his body, he thought, and that might be something, might be enough to satiate him for a night. -
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23 Jun 2020