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Varka needs a wife to adopt two orphaned siblings. Nicole says yes for reasons she doesn't quite understand.
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26 Feb 2026
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dream in slow time (and wake to weep) by jello12451
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
12 Feb 2026
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“Really, Sir Varka, I call you out here and you have not even the decency to see my plight?”
“No! No, no, I see it just fine! It’s just, well…” Varka shrugs helplessly. “Well.”
“Well what? Have you at least the decency to see how unfair it is?”
Nicole feels no part angel in this moment - right now she is simply a friend to mortals who will live a fraction of her lifespan, and she revels in it. For some of the increasingly frequent moments between a confession and a shared drink she can almost brush her fingers against the understanding that she has been unknowingly chasing ever since Ivanovna died - she brushes her fingers against the shape of love, of a bias born for friends and those close to the heart.
But it is a night of merry-making. There is no place for such a revelation as dangerous as this, not when it concerns Nicole’s death sentence.
Varka clears his throat. “Er. Unfair? I mean, I wouldn’t say it’s unfair, exactly.”
This man. And the audacity.
He’s going to be the death of her.
OR: Nicole, and what it means to fall in love.
(And Teyvat, and what it means for an angel to break her vow.)
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26 Feb 2026
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Nicole finally finds someone who listens to her yapping.
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Nicole tucked a strand of her hair behind one ear. "I used to talk to fill the quiet after... after the curse. When the others fell silent forever, became those drifting wisps. I talked so the world wouldn't forget what we were. What I still am." Her voice dropped. "Sometimes I wonder if I talk too much because I'm afraid if I stop, I'll fade too."
Varka shifted, armor creaking softly. He reached out and caught one of her hovering hands before she could pull away. His gauntlet was cold iron, her skin glowed warm beneath it, delicate as starlight made solid.
"You won't fade," he said. "Not while I'm here to hear you."
Updated as of 2/4/26 - Extended version
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26 Feb 2026
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Battered by a Wild Hunt ambush and freezing to death in the whiteout of Nod Krai, Varka hauls his broken body into a desolate cave, led by a voice that shouldn't be there.
"Ms. Nicole?" Varka rasped, a weak but genuine smirk finding its way to his face. "Glad to hear your voice."
“Glad to be noticed. Finally,” Nicole replied, her tone carrying a hint of a smile. “Are you okay?”
Varka leaned his head back, closing his eyes. "Wow, look at that. I’m hungry, wounded, and a complete mess, but I’ve got a beautiful angel looking after me. If this is the service I get, I’m probably going to get myself lost every once in a while. Maybe I'll make it a weekly thing."
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26 Feb 2026
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“Sir Varka,” Nicole greets, curtsying slightly to hide her surprise. “What brings you here?”
“I wanted to see you.”
It’s an honest answer that takes her aback.
Nicole and Varka mislabel their relationship to hide it from the gods.
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26 Feb 2026