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“Al-Haitham and I have been sleeping together lately,” says Kaveh, a statement which is quickly followed by the sound of a spoon clattering onto the floor and a very meek gasp from Collei in the corner of the room.
Across from him, Tighnari raises a single eyebrow.
Kaveh’s eyes go wide. “No, I—not like that.”
One night, Al-Haitham shows up at Kaveh's bedroom door and sleeps in his bed. They don't talk about it.
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26 Jan 2026
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Kaveh raises his hands, palms up. "I have nothing to give, Al-Haitham," he says, and the other's eyes grow fierce.
"You do not have nothing, Kaveh," Al-Haitham says roughly. "You may have buried yourself in your self-doubt, but you are relentless. You shine even when the moon takes governance of the sky."
Kaveh gapes at Al-Haitham. "So what I'm hearing," he says slowly, "is that you will not kick me out for the time being."
"What you're hearing is that I will wait for you," says Al-Haitham.
After all this time, Kaveh has yet to unpack his bags.
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23 Jan 2026
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When one of Albedo's experiments goes wrong, Captain Kaeya loses the ability to lie. Which would be fine, had it not been for the fact that the Cavalry Captain's only true safety net was the intricate web of lies he'd weaved for himself over the years.
Inevitably, things start to unravel far faster than Kaeya would have liked, which, added onto other additional side effects, means that he is in for one hell of a week.
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01 Jan 2026
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that green, gilded crown by Giosele for babygirlbarbatoast
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
18 Jul 2023
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“Haven’t you heard the rumors about me?”
“I’ve heard a few.” Cyno tightens his grip on his dossier. “None that I should believe.”
“You should.” Prince Alhaitham smirks, but there’s no joy in it. His voice is bitter when he speaks. “I have a spell woven into my soul. Against my wishes, I belong to the first person that makes me laugh.”
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Alhaitham somehow adopts a crown and a curse: whoever is the first to make the Sumerian Prince laugh wins his heart.
Cyno simply wants to protect his queen through her doomed matchmaking ceremony with Sumeru’s Prince. He has no intention of winning any hearts, but he ends up losing his own.
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19 Dec 2025
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an opening, petal by petal by towine (blacktreecle)
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
24 Nov 2022
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At the celebration feast, Nilou asked Cyno if he would be happy continuing to be the General Mahamatra.
Cyno said, “It’s not about being happy. There are merely a lot of things that I must do.”
Alhaitham can’t say for certain why Cyno’s words bothered him. In a way, the sentiment is unsurprising; Cyno is, after all, dutiful to a fault. It makes sense that he puts his work over himself. Even so, Alhaitham wonders what the shape of Cyno’s happiness would be, if he allowed it to take form. If he ever allowed someone like Alhaitham to witness it.
Which he certainly never would.
Or: In the midst of the Akademiya’s rebuilding, Nahida sends her closest advisors on a trip through Sumeru.
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