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Despite what Kaveh thinks, he’s the only person Alhaitham listens to, and the people of Sumeru have started to catch on.
Or, five times Kaveh asks the acting Grand Sage for a favor, and the one time Alhaitham asks for something in return.
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21 Jan 2026
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doctor, doctor, have mercy on me by NearDara
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
26 Mar 2024
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Lights flare blindingly bright all around him, and his vision blurs as his eyes water without his permission. Swallowing down another drink, he clamps his eyes shut, trying to lose himself to the music blasting too loudly around him. It's been a while since he's let himself get so weak. He knows he should at least feel something, shame or sadness, but all he has room for in his head is the bitter taste of bourbon on his lips. He takes another sip, and then all that's left is melting ice.
It's just another messy night filled with an embarrassing string of mistakes, and Aventurine is sick and tired of self-destructing alone.
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18 Dec 2025
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Aventurine has a bad day and goes to the one person who he knows probably won't make it better.
Sugilite, surprisingly, actually makes it better.
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17 Dec 2025
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Of Coffee and Raindrops: A Tale of Two Idiots Slowly Falling in Love by the_words_we_lost_in_the_edit
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
17 Jan 2026
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It was one fateful, rainy evening that Aventurine walked into an unknown coffee shop. It was late, he needed something to help him get through the night's work... And it turned out that his caffeine came with something he hadn't realized he needed: lectures, banter, and real, genuine companionship. In short, it was Dr. Veritas Ratio that he'd really needed.
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01 Dec 2025
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Friendship and Other Related Disasters by JMGAngel
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
09 Sep 2024
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Ratio didn’t respond, instead brushing the hair from Aventurine’s eyes so tenderly that it hurt. Aventurine should have known Ratio wouldn’t be so easily distracted. Ratio cupped Aventurine’s face, looking him in the eye like a lover. Like an equal.
Aventurine had to blink back tears.
“Aventurine,” Ratio said, soft, sincere. But then, Ratio was always sincere with him when it counted, “Dearest.”
That nickname. It was stupid to get so emotional over it. And yet.
Aventurine took a shuddering breath, “Yes?”
His heart was pounding almost painfully. He cared about Ratio way too much.
Ratio held him like he was everything and said, “You need more friends.”
In which, at Ratio's insistence, Aventurine tries to make some friends.
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03 Sep 2025