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Remember when the entirety of Liyue was panicking over the death of their archon and Zhongli was just "hmm yes how unfortunate."
Consider this. Reader descends to Teyvat in mortal form and no one recognizes them because worshipping the creator is known as a personal type of faith, a contrast to the bourgeois worship of archons (like statues, rituals, temples etc). They recognize you through feelings rather than physical form.
So after experiencing Teyvat as a mortal, you decided to settle down and live in the outskirts of Liyue harbor, maybe in a little cafe or tea house. Zhongli discovers this place and he adores how authentic the food and design looks.
The ingredients are always fresh and everything is more or less handmade. You even have osmanthus wine, just the way he remembers it!
You quickly become good friends and he notices how you're quite smart in history as well! It causes him to suspect your identity, but more like if you're secretly an adepti or spirit whatever.
And he shares with you his thoughts and troubles like how he wishes the creator would grace them with their presence because Zhongli has worked so hard to build Liyue up for them!
Then all of a sudden you decide that "Hmm I guess it's about time I 'descend' to Teyvat,"
And there's immediately talk about how the creator will come and Zhongli, being the good friend that he is, comes to your secluded cafe to tell you and you're like "Wow that's great!"
And all the known archons — sans Morax who lives as Zhongli now — are searching and preparing for the creator and the land of Teyvat leads them to... a small cafe?
They open the door and they just see Zhongli drinking tea with you and you're placing a plate of pastries, asking him if he likes it and everyone goes like
"Y-your grace?"
Except for Venti who's distraught, accusing Zhongli, "So you we're lying when you said you're no longer tied to your archon responsibilities! You were hogging the creator all along!"
And Zhongli is like? The creator?? You mean the cafe owner???
And suddenly Zhongli just feels your presence and he's frozen stiff, realizing that he's treated you, the divine creator, like a mere server/baker/cafe owner. Childe is laughing his arse off because "Now you know how it feels!" and you're just smiling, holding a kettle.
"More tea, Mr.Zhongli?"
Oh archons, he had the divine creator serving him tea and pastries for the past few months. You were calling him respectfully as if he was your senior as well oh god oh god
Bonus if you became lovers or at least, you have mutual feelings for each other because?? The creator loves him???
Bonus 2x if you've done intimate or loving things with him as well because he's mentally exploding now.
Bonus 3x if he's the lead (dom) in your relationship and you're just soft and following him because how dare he treat you like that??
Alternatively, what if you're married and you're his little housewife/househusband and then he finds out your identity? because I think it's even more fun to see his reaction that way.
And he's like, "D-dear, why didn't you tell me?"
And you go like, "Well, I was waiting for you to admit that you're Rex Lapis too so we're kind of even."