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1. What else could I have done? by babydurin

   Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Kong | Aether/Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)
   • Kong | Aether/Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
   • Il Dottore/Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact)
   • Kong | Aether & Paimon (Genshin Impact)
   • Kong | Aether & Ying | Lumine (Genshin Impact)
   • Skirk/Ying | Lumine (Genshin Impact)
   • Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact)
   • Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
   • Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)
   • Il Dottore (Genshin Impact)
   • Il Dottore's Segments (Genshin Impact)
   • Paimon (Genshin Impact)
   • Ying | Lumine (Genshin Impact)
   • Skirk (Genshin Impact)
   • Fatui Harbinger Members (Genshin Impact)
   • Fatui Members (Genshin Impact)
   • Tsaritsa (Genshin Impact)
   • Abyss Order Members (Genshin Impact)
   • Kong | Aether is the Traveler (Genshin Impact)
   • Kong | Aether Needs a Hug (Genshin Impact)
   • Hurt Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact)
   • Kong | Aether-centric (Genshin Impact)
   • Scaramouche is Called Balladeer (Genshin Impact)
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Self-Harm
   • Depression
   • Abyss Ying | Lumine (Genshin Impact)
   • Il Dottore Being Il Dottore (Genshin Impact)
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Cute Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact)
   • No Harem
   • skirk and lumine are doomed yuri
   • thank you lesbian bff for beta reading

   Summary

   Right before his journey hit Sumeru, Aether gets one last, unexpected, commission. Said commission changed everything.

   He lost his entire world. His meaning- his reason for traveling and fighting through Teyvat. Facing pure despair he copes by absorbing abyssal energy to feel *something*.

   Now, faced with the fatui and his unhealthy coping mechanisms, The famous traveler has some decisions to make.

   Or…
   Aether + depression + fatui + gay = explosion

   (PS. there is no harem i’m just struggling to pick endgame ship🥲)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,200

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

   29

   Kudos:

   70

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