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1. To the stars I'll return. (Ab astris veni, ad astra redibo.) by StygianArcadia

   Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   11 Feb 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Kong | Aether/Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Kaedehara Kazuha/Scaramouche
   • Kong | Aether & Ying | Lumine (Genshin Impact)
   • Kong | Aether & Venti (Genshin Impact)
   • Kaedehara Kazuha & Kong | Aether
   • Kong | Aether & Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)
   • Scaramouche & Venti (Genshin Impact)
   • Scaramouche & Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Kaedehara Kazuha & Xiao | Alatus
   • Kaedehara Kazuha & Venti
   • Venti & Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact)
   • Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Venti (Genshin Impact)
   • Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)
   • Kaedehara Kazuha
   • Kaeya (Genshin Impact)
   • Albedo (Genshin Impact)
   • Ying | Lumine (Genshin Impact)
   • Dainsleif (Genshin Impact)
   • Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Hilichurl Characters (Genshin Impact)
   • My First Fanfic
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Healing
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Healthy Relationships
   • Lack of Communication
   • Not Beta Read
   • Xiao | Alatus is a Mess (Genshin Impact)
   • Bird Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Winged Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Deity Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact)
   • Everyone Needs A Hug
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • No Paimon (Genshin Impact)
   • Emotionally Repressed Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Slow Burn
   • Families of Choice
   • Big Gay Love Story
   • Worldbuilding
   • Developing Relationship
   • Developing Friendships
   • Character Development
   • Touch-Starved Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)
   • Author Projecting onto Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)
   • I have assignments and this is what I do instead
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • Scaramouche is called Arashi
   • Scaramouche is Bad at Feelings (Genshin Impact)
   • Temporary Character Death
   • I Won't Say Who
   • sad anemo boys
   • but things get better
   • POV Multiple
   • Dissociation
   • The Twins' Backstory
   • Made up lore
   • Art
   • Sad Kaedehara Kazuha
   • I'm so sorry Kazuha but everyone has to suffer here
   • Everyone Has Issues
   • probably slightly ooc Kazuha tbh since he's more hurt
   • Parallels
   • pain and suffering
   • but also fluff
   • Embedded Images
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • forgot to add that tag!

   Summary

   A traveller in a world filled with dangerous secrets and ancient mysteries, all by his lonesome. An outsider to everything: language, culture and its people. How does Aether cope? Will his dreams of reuniting with his lost twin be crushed and his hope turned into despair, or will he find new dreams along the way? To the stars and the abyss, Aether finds himself venturing into both the light and the dark corners of Teyvat in his search for freedom and healing. Along the way he finds new family.

   Or: Aether is more traumatised after losing his sister due to the twins' past of tragedy. There's an added twist: there's no Paimon to guide Aether on his journey through Teyvat. Along the way he gets a found family. Aether, Xiao, Kazuha and Scaramouche/Wanderer centric.

   Series

   • Part 1 of The Untethered: Guided By The Winds Of Change

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