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After Cyrene passes away, Phainon takes on the responsibility of raising her daughter, March. Now he has to learn how to be a parent while still allowing himself to grieve, and how to navigate a budding relationship with her school's new, unfairly attractive librarian.
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All of Okhema is in celebration but one Chrysos Heir prepares to leave, the city and her, behind.
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01 Mar 2026
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“As if I have any eye for art,” Mydei replies.
Castorice rolls her eyes. “As if plating isn’t just sculpture with food.”
He opens his mouth to fire back a snide rejoinder, realizes she’s right, and holds his tongue instead. She’s doing him a favor, forcing him out of his house, one of his only friends who’s stuck with him over the past year of tremendous, never-ending grief. No one knows how to deal with a widower’s pain and loss. No one wants to. But Castorice has faced even more death than he has, and she hasn’t let him pull away from the world despite his attempts.
After the unexpected death of his partner, Khaslana, about a year ago, Mydei meets photographer Phainon at a gallery exhibition he's forced to attend by his friend, Castorice. Unexpected sparks fly between them as they grow closer through Phainon's photography.
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president imperfect by oenothera (babybluebells)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
17 Jan 2026
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Mydei scoffs. "Only you could sound so excited about math tutoring. I can practically see your tail wagging." The corners of his lips quirk up in amusement. "Like an overeager little puppy about to go for its first walk."
Phainon's brain stalls, his eyes widening. For reasons he will likely need to unpack very soon, his heart has started kicking up a real fuss in his chest. Distantly, he wonders if he might be dying.
It's not the first time he's been compared to a puppy or a dog—far from it, in fact. Heck, even his family had lovingly referred to him and his childhood dog as Big Snowy and Little Snowy, respectively. And he'd been perfectly normal about it every time.
Until now, apparently.
Phainon speedruns self-discovery, public humiliation, and getting together with his long-time academic rival and crush.
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31 Jan 2026
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Phainon huffed, glaring at the radio device as if it could wilt beneath his ire. “What kind of local station is this?”
Phainon had meant it. What kind of radio station excluded one of the year’s best hits and one of last year’s best ones? He would have thought that Mydei, being a broadcaster himself, would agree sagely and validate his feelings.
Instead, Mydei laughed. It was a quiet, restrained thing that immediately softened all his features and demeanor. Whatever annoyance that may have been plaguing Phainon all fell apart in the wake of that sound.
“Don’t worry,” Mydei reassured him, still smiling. “We always have the campus radio.”
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or, how do you win the heart of your campus crush when both of you are well-versed in music?
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18 Jan 2026
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In Amphoreus' aftermath, a Phainon still traumatized by what he had to endure is certain he's unfit to raise a child.
Mydei tries to convince him otherwise.
(or, the chrysos heirs raise a child together, and mydei and phainon end up learning a lot about each other.)
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17 Jan 2026