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A river of russet and black spills onto his lap—it’s soft, exquisitely so. Despite being a cursed gift from Winter, the pelt is warm beneath his hands, and in a moment of weakness, Zhongli holds the thing to his cheek, delighting in the feel of it.
Common sense is cold, and he lowers the fox’s pelt. This…is not a companion. Not even close! Still, to spurn a gift from an Archon is to be a fool, so when he goes to sleep that night, as a human would, he tucks the pelt into its golden box and places it into his closet.
In a Liyue where Zhongli retires alone, he is lonely and adrift. Even the strange gift the Cryo Archon sends him is not quite enough to alleviate his boredom, until a knock at his front door changes everything.
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09 Feb 2026
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Under the Lantern's Glow by StrawberryDreamboat
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
02 Feb 2026
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Amber eyes widen slightly before narrowing and Neuvillette does not have to get any closer to know who this man is.
"Morax," He says simply.
"Sovereign," The man replies. "Quite an interesting predicament."
"Quite."
Paimon and Aether look between them, gauging the field as if the dragons will strike at the drop of a hat. It's a tense, awkward silence before a cry breaks the tension.
Neuvillette and Zhongli finally meet during Lantern Rite, with their children and mates in tow. The babies have a different opinion of each other.
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05 Feb 2026
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Yaoyao rustles in her pocket for a moment. “Alright, well I’ll give Zhongli the blindfold, and then the ‘rebels’’ countdown to hide will start. The countdown will show on your wristbands, and so will the game time afterwards.” She pulls out a simple black blindfold, extending the fabric to Zhongli. “Ready?”
“I am,” Zhongli says, but looks to the others for confirmation.
“Oh! Yeah, I guess?” Yoimiya says, exchanging glances with Childe and the Traveler.
The Traveler shrugs. “Sure.”
“Yeah, I’m ready,” Childe says, watching Zhongli fasten the blindfold around his eyes. Somehow, the black fabric doesn’t make him look foolish, or any less imposing than before. It makes something in Childe’s gut burn, and he impulsively blurts– “Make sure you don’t go easy on us, Zhongli.”
Zhongli’s head swings toward Childe, and even through the blindfold Childe swears he can feel the weight of that golden gaze. Zhongli’s lips curve upwards. “I shall certainly endeavor not to disappoint.”
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While on a reconnaissance mission in Mondstadt, Childe gets roped into a game of Snowtrace. He isn't expecting to see Zhongli.
To the victor go the spoils.
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04 Feb 2026
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“Shit- ow, ow,” Kaveh whined pathetically as he attempted to raise his arms above his head in a simple stretch, one that only seemed to bring him more misery.
“Would you like help?” Alhaitham asked as he flipped the page. He was careful to keep his tone disinterested, lest Kaveh grow suspicious of his intentions.
“When are you ever helpful?” Kaveh grumbled in response, splaying his hands cautiously over his lower back with a hiss.
It wasn’t an agreement, but it also wasn’t a denial – just one of the many contradictions that made up Kaveh. Alhaitham closed the book whose title he'd already forgotten and set it on the coffee table as he pushed himself up to stand, satisfied enough with Kaveh's non-answer.
“I’ve been known to commit an altruistic act every now and then,” Alhaitham hummed.
Kaveh has been in pain recently, and Alhaitham has a solution in mind. His plan works as intended – Kaveh starts to trade his bad habits for healthier ones, but that’s not all that changes. Kaveh is acting friendlier, or perhaps something more than friendly. Alhaitham is skilled at weathering Kaveh’s contempt – he’s not sure he can survive Kaveh’s affection.
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28 Jan 2026
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Overwhelmed by the sensation of Alhaitham’s breath against his skin, heart beating erratically, Kaveh grunted softly and tried to step over the fallen bucket - but the movement only pushed them closer, tangling their legs and trapping Alhaitham’s thigh firmly between his own.
“You’re not going to make it any bigger by squirming,” Alhaitham hissed, hand clamping down on Kaveh’s waist and holding him in place with a grip that had turned to steel.
Kaveh sucked in a sharp breath at the sudden pressure, his body reacting before his brain could catch up and sending a jolt of heat flaring beneath his skin. “I - gods, would you just -”
“Shh,” Alhaitham interrupted harshly.
“No, you shh,” Kaveh shot back in a whisper, bapping Alhaitham petulantly on the arm. “I think I can move my leg, just -”
Alhaitham exhaled a quick, frustrated huff and twisted his torso just enough to be able to slide one palm up from Kaveh’s side, tracing a distractingly firm line along his body before landing squarely over his mouth. “Shut up,” Alhaitham whispered directly into his ear, lips brushing just close enough to make the words feel like a threat.
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08 Jan 2026
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13 Dec 2025
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In the relentless whirl of deadlines and life turmoil, Kaveh finds himself sleepless and on the brink of crashing out. The project he’d been working on for hours is completely derailed from what the professor asked them to do, but that’s just one of the many things that he has to worry about. To sate his crisis, Kaveh turns to alcohol for comfort. One drink too many later, and Kaveh finds himself in the apartment of a hot stranger.
Or where Kaveh gets absolutely drunk and wakes up in Ahaitham’s bed.
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09 Dec 2025
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Kaveh.
Kaveh leans closer to Sage Naphis. Reaches out, pressing his forehead against the sage’s bare hand. Paying his respects to an old teacher, head bowed, dupattā falling forward for the breath of a moment and cloaking him from Alhaitham's desperate gaze.
Five years ago, Kaveh disappeared from the Akademiya.
Now, Alhaitham watches his old friend ascend back up the dais, ghaghra rippling around pearl strung ankles, and seat himself on the lap of the king.
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kaveh left him once.
in the flickering firelight, kaveh's lashes are steeped to a burnished gold. his eyes are dark, his breaths shallow, as alhaitham murmurs of love and pleasure in tongues long lost.
kaveh left him once. alhaitham will not let it happen twice.
here: alhaitham, kaveh and a love that kills.
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08 Dec 2025
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the reason why kaveh ended up at the duke's mansion by stonespears
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
15 Nov 2025
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kaveh's a minor character in a badly-written web novel, and he's been set up to fail. armed with his isekai experience and the spite of being personally victimised by plane-kun and author-nim, he becomes a mentally-disturbed menace to high society with a special hatred for the designated male lead, the cold and heartless duke alhaitham of the north. in this new life, will kaveh avoid scams, build a palace, save their empire and defeat alhaitham?
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01 Dec 2025
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“Funny.” Alhaitham's voice got lower. “I seem to be handling you just fine so far.” His smirk was still there, but his eyes held a gleam Kaveh had never seen before.
“That is because we are just friends, Haitham.” Two could play that game. Kaveh was tired of being the blushing maiden everytime. “As a lover, I am much more demanding.”
That didn't get the reaction he was waiting for. Instead of retreating, his so-called friend's eyes widened, a shine of challenge in them. Were they getting closer?
“That seems like a hassle.” There was no bite to the words, but somehow, they still seemed scalding.
It was Kaveh's turn to smirk. “I haven't gotten any complaints.”
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Desperate for work after the fiasco with the Palace of Alcazarzaray, Kaveh accepts a secretive offer that ends up going very wrong. With his career in shambles and his friendship with Alhaitham hanging by a thread, he finds himself with no other choice but to adopt the newborn whose life he'd ruined.
Reluctant of this new member in their lives, Alhaitham suffers to manage putting up with two whiny people inside his house, while trying to hide how deeply in love he is with his senior.
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08 Sep 2025
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and i've traced your shadows on the wall by Babenclaw
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
02 Aug 2025
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“The report from the messenger they sent ahead was that the victim was a younger man with blond hair and a red cloak.”
Alhaitham ignored the uneasy feeling in his gut with an ease born from years and years of practice. “You think it might be Kaveh.”
“I do.”
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When an accident with a leyline somehow fractures Kaveh's personality, Alhaitham steps in to repair the things that have been broken.
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06 Aug 2025
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“Zhongli,” Childe says, rocking them side to side slightly. “I’ve got it.”
“Got what?” Zhongli asks. It’s impossible to not smile when faced with that look - it’s something that had compelled him to want to be Childe’s friend. No one makes him smile as much as Childe can.
“I should suck you off,” Childe continues, still smiling, still rocking them from side to side. “It’s perfect. You’re sexually repressed-” Nonsense, and Zhongli scoffs- “and really bad at picking up women-” Okay, that’s true- “and I’m bisexual. I can suck dick. Good at it, even.”
Zhongli’s heartbeat is far too loud in his ears, but he’s very sure he didn’t mishear that. “Um.” That wasn’t where he thought this conversation would go, but now they’re here it’s actually surprisingly easy to imagine Childe on his knees. “But you’re… not my boyfriend?”
Zhongli knows two things about himself - that he's heterosexual, and that he's going to fail his entire degree if he doesn't get his brain to co-operate with the whole learning thing. Thankfully for Zhongli, he has a beautiful bisexual roommate who is happy to (platonically, of course) blowjob him back on track.
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20 Jul 2025
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Devotion Has Sunburned Side Effects by dtnvrr4
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
13 Jul 2025
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Kaveh remembered the stories. Cattle that were sacred. Cattle that were never to be touched.
“Please. I’m sorry. I’ll do anything. If it’s punishment you want—or justice—I’ll take it. Just spare them. Some of them are still kids.”
The god tilted his head. Stepped closer. Looked Kaveh over like he was something to be carved open.
“Anything?”
Kaveh swallowed. “Y-yes.”
Or: Kaveh’s juniors pissed off a god. Kaveh offered himself in their place. He didn’t expect the punishment to last a lifetime. And he definitely didn’t expect to enjoy it.
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15 Jul 2025
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It starts with the Sabzeruz Festival loops.
…More specifically, it starts with the modifications he’d made to his own Akasha terminal for the ease of personal use. A tiny, innocuous decision Kaveh had made as a student, now spiraling out of control more than a decade later as it sets him on a collision course with an imprisoned Archon, a nationwide conspiracy, and the forgotten truths of Sumeru’s history.
(In which Kaveh falls in love with his roommate, participates in a coup, and reawakens with the memories of a long-dead god. Not necessarily in that order.)
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25 Jun 2025
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Kaveh, a renowned painter, got into a fatal accident five years ago making him unable to recall his 'yesterdays' and create his 'tomorrows'. He continues to live his 'today' where he falls in love with a handsome businessman who introduces himself as -- "Alhaitham, the one you spilled on coffee yesterday."
Kaveh looks at 'Alhaitham' with a mild surprise. The name doesn't ring a bell nor it feels familiar when he tries to repeat the latter's name.
The painter blinks twice. "Sorry, who?"
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03 Jun 2025
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Zhongli, a professor at a local university, puts out an ad to get a new roommate.
He hopes for someone sane, and easy to get along with.
Perhaps what (or who) he gets is a bit too much of what he wanted.
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20 May 2025
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Mystery Work
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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07 May 2025
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Gray.
If someone would ask Alhaitham to describe the masses as a color, he would choose the gray out of all the vibrant and beautiful pigmentations that human’s eyes can perceive.
It is not because Alhaitham has no interest in humanity itself: on the contrary, humans as a concept, humans as their discoveries or contraptions, humans as subjects of an analytical study on their resourcefulness are one of the greatest interests on Teyvat, and he can not fathom the possibility that someone isn’t absolutely fascinated by the capability of mankind, wanting to comprehend more, moved by curiosity.It initially was one day like any other day spent in the House of Daena, when a certain Kaveh, a scholar he never met, made his way through Alhaitham's gray field bringing his bright colors with him, changing his life forever.
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17 Apr 2025
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Kaveh just wanted to finish his architectural projects, pay off his debts, and maybe enjoy some alcohol without someone ruining his day.
Instead, he’s getting interrogated by an amateur kidnapper who won’t take no for an answer, playing chess with the same amateur who definitely has ulterior motives, and realizing that, maybe, he’s stumbled headfirst into a conspiracy way above his pay grade.
Oh, and the not-so-amateur kidnapper? He’s everywhere.
(Or: Kaveh makes one wrong turn and ends up accidentally kidnapped. Somehow, it's less stressful than dealing with his clients.)
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07 Apr 2025
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Alhaitham had always prided himself on his rational, logical, and reasonable way of thinking. He always assumed he simply wasn’t the type to experience attraction, but one fateful afternoon in the House of Daena, he overhears a group of gossiping students talking about his roommate, Kaveh—more specifically, about his looks.
Even more specifically than that, his ass.
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19 Mar 2025