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  1. Rec 28

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    Alhaitham was a good actor. No, that was an understatement: Alhaitham was an impressively skilled actor. He was utterly unfazed throughout the exchange, — even while discussing honeymoon plans — a languid arm thrown around Kaveh’s waist, rubbing absentminded circles onto his skin as if he were perfectly at ease pretending that Kaveh really was his lover, his safe space, his joy and comfort.

    And it was… oddly soothing. A firm, grounding grip on his body, a compliment here and there, a demonstration of care and attention in between comments about Inazuman tourist attractions. It felt natural, even, organic, as if Alhaitham weren’t acting at all. And that was the worst part. The last thing Kaveh needed was to fall in love with his roommate (who he also considered to be his best friend, although he’d never admit that out loud).

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    08 Jan 2026

  2. Rec 2

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    Couldn't Al-Haitham warn him before leaving the party ahead of time?

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    21 Dec 2025

  3. Rec 34

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    Kaveh

    Professor in the KSHAHREWAR DEPARTMENT

    THE AKADEMIYA

    ATD 211

    Rating: 2/5

    Professor Kaveh is the nicest professor ever, will help you with your projects, and brings free chai during finals week, BUT he will keep you past the scheduled class time to complain about Professor Alhaitham from Haravatat.

    Be sure to pay attention during those rants because he DOES include test questions about them. I failed the final because I didn’t remember the exact date Professor Alhaitham supposedly “betrayed” him by eating his last pita pocket.

    Or, the students and faculty of the Akademiya try to uncover the truth behind Professor Alhaitham and Kaveh's rivalry.

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    03 Nov 2025

  4. Rec 11

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    A business trip to Mondstadt brings Kaveh and Alhaitham much closer than they have been in many years. The proximity brings up years of unresolved tension, and when Alhaitham touches Kaveh their first night in their hotel room, they are brought face to face with all that they had left unsaid over the years. Will they let it remain unresolved, or will they finally face it head-on?

    Title from Conversations in the Dark by John Legend, simply because the lyrics remind me of them.

    "I will never try to change you, change you
    I will always want the same you, same you"

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    03 Nov 2025

  5. Rec 27

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    Modern AU: Three years after their breakup, Kaveh and Alhaitham run into each other at a Brooklyn bookstore. They were never great at closure.
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    Kaveh knew better — that’s what made it fun. He was a child snuffing a candle with his fingertips — burned before, certain to be burned again, doing it anyways.

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    21 Sep 2025

  6. Rec 9

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    Kaveh starts his second year of college when he first meets Alhaitham.

    In a stroke of bad luck, he loses his single apartment, being forced to rent one of the on-site dorm rooms. Even worse, he finds himself paired up with a brick of a roommate. A guy with more muscle than willingness to communicate but ~ hot as fuck ~, as Kaveh had to admit to himself.

    With too much alcohol in their blood, the silent moonlight behind never cleaned windows, and a need to chant the other's name, strangers turn into lovers.

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    19 Sep 2025

  7. Rec 9

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    For better or for worse, Alhaitham just can’t seem to let go of Kaveh. He might just miss a train for Kaveh.

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    17 Sep 2025

  8. Rec 11

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    In their Akademiya days, Kaveh and Alhaitham were but two sides of the same coin, parallel lines, mirrored constellations, even after their falling out. One rough night ends a lot different than expected.

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    “No! No, no, no, just leave me here please.” All hope had drained from his voice, leaving him scratchy, ragged, and frantically hyperventilating. 

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    04 Sep 2025

  9. Rec 59

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    “Speaking of cute,” Kaveh continues, “the client- you know, the one who gave me Parry? She’s totally my type.” Kaveh sighs wistfully. “It’s a shame we met through work. Otherwise, I would’ve taken her out to dinner sometime.”

    With what mora? Alhaitham thinks, the witty remark on the tip of his tongue. However, the curious side of Alhaitham takes over his vocal functions.

    “Your type is… cute?”

    Kaveh blinks at his unusual question but recovers quickly. “Yeah, pretty much. But that’s basically everybody’s type.”

    Alhaitham’s type, he surmises, is tall, blond, red-eyed architects, so he’s not sure where Kaveh is getting his evidence from.

    Alhaitham learns that Kaveh’s type is “cute.” He loses his mind a little.

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    10 Aug 2025

  10. Rec 23

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    Tighnari is, by all definitions of the word, done. He’s had enough of Kaveh and Alhaitham both. Whenever Kaveh goes out, he asks where Alhaitham is. When Tighnari visits Cyno, he sees the way Alhaitham’s eyes look past him, as if waiting for a certain architect to barge through the door. Alhaitham attended Dehya’s most recent house party, but did nothing more than stand in the corner and watch Kaveh for half the night before leaving.

    Attempts to get Kaveh to make the first move have been futile. So, Tighnari decides to take matters into his own hands.

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    After a drunken night out leads Kaveh to discover Alhaitham is roommates with his roommate's boyfriend, he leaves his friends no choice but to plot how to get them together.

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    08 Aug 2025

  11. Rec 51

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    Alhaitham happened to be the first real guest of Kaveh's newly finished, long-awaited, personally designed house. The place glittered from floor to ceiling, with all the extravagance and elegance a wealthy architect could buy in the heart of the city.

    But even then, some things never change. It couldn't escape Alhaitham's notice that the bathroom was chock full of his favourite products, or that the familiar aroma of sandalwood oudh permeated each room.

    So when Kaveh, after a candlelit dinner, offered (asked) him to stay the night, despite the state of the unfurnished guest bedroom - which Alhaitham knew was missing even a modest mattress - it was as if a decade-long puzzle he was too scared to solve finally clicked into place.

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    07 Aug 2025

  12. Rec 7

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    Alhaitham never expected inheriting his grandmother’s bakery to change his life—but it did, in more ways than one. Not that he’s complaining, though. Especially not when one of Sumeru’s worst sandstorms happens to trap a very tired-looking architect in his shop.

    AU-gust 2025, day #2, prompt: bakery

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    05 Aug 2025

  13. Rec 7

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    It almost feels like Al-Haitham is a dog following Kaveh around as he makes his rounds through each room. Every time Kaveh hugs someone he hands the bottle back to Al-Haitham, who dutifully holds it and takes a sip each time, perhaps to avoid having to speak to anyone. At some point during their endeavour Kaveh ends up wrapped around Al-Haitham’s arm, his mind blurry from the alcohol even as Al-Haitham remains annoyingly unaffected.

    Kaveh decides at this moment that he wants to get Al-Haitham drunk. Honestly, he hasn’t seen him actually drink since they moved in together. Maybe something in him yearns for the kind of fun they had on nights out before their arguments, but Kaveh doesn’t linger on the thought for long.

    Instead, he drags Al-Haitham back to the kitchen to fill him a cup of his own, “What do you want?”

    Al-Haitham looks at him and blinks, “What?”

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    17 Jul 2025

  14. Rec 13

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    Truly, it wasn't Kaveh's fault. If there was anyone to blame it was Alhaitham.

    That didn't mean Kaveh enjoyed seeing the gaping wound on his side while they were trapped underground in ancient ruins, hoping for a way out. All while Alhaitham continued to drip blood on the sandy floor. Maybe Kaveh shouldn't have waited this long to confess his true feelings towards his junior. Maybe it was too late.

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    16 Jul 2025

  15. Rec 8

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    Two of Teyvat's greatest detectives go to Liyue to solve a case, but one of them goes missing in the process.

    When Alhaitham disappears without a trace, Kaveh must use his detective skills and a trail of clues left behind to find the whereabouts of his boyfriend.

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    16 Jul 2025

  16. Rec 10

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    “So, what do you think?” Kaveh smiled as he laid out a blueprint on Al-Haitham’s desk.

    “Why are you asking me?”

    “Well, you’ve been ogling me for the past hour, so I thought you were interested.”

    “I’m Haravatat. And your junior.”

    “Well, that never stopped anyone, did it?” Kaveh asked, a bemused look on his face. Al-Haitham knew he was expecting kind words and unsure statements about a crudely crafted building on paper — maybe something to boost his ego.

    Al-Haitham threw the words onto the paper and watched as Kaveh’s eyebrows climbed higher and higher on his face.

    Once he was finished, Kaveh took a seat beside him and grabbed a pencil.

    “What are you doing?”

    He’d scoffed. “Clearly, you don’t understand a single thing about modern architecture, Haravatat. What’s your name?”

    “Al-Haitham.”

    “Hmph,” Kaveh had said, flexing his fingers, pencil hovering over the blueprint. “Pay attention. I’m going to show you why you’re wrong.”

     

    Or: Kaveh and Al-Haitham, through the years.

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    15 Jul 2025

  17. Rec 48

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    It was all his fault. She didn’t know how exactly, but somehow, Alhaitham’s rejection was because of that blonde man.

    A smile spread across Mina’s face as she realised how she could make Alhaitham fall in love with her. All she needed to do was to get Kaveh out of the picture.

    When Mina is temporarily assigned the position of Alhaitham’s assistant, she thinks this is finally her chance to make the Scribe fall in love with her. Little does she know that he only has eyes for a certain blonde architect, but she is soon in for a rude awakening.

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    02 Jul 2025

  18. Rec 13

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    Alhaitham is used to dealing with Kaveh. From his drinking, to his emotions, he has become an expert on handling his roommate. But when Kaveh starts acting strange, or stranger than usual, it makes Alhaitham increasingly worried.

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    27 Jun 2025

  19. Rec 22

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    Kaveh wakes up to a life that’s not his.

    His mother is happier, his friends are nicer, everything is different.

    The one person he so desperately wished would be different though, was entirely the same.

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    25 Jun 2025

  20. Rec 11

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    Kaveh can't sleep. Alhaitham helps. So what if the key to a good work-life balance is a little homoerotic action between friends?

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    25 Jun 2025

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