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Empathy is like any other sense of touch, of seeing, of hearing, and suddenly without that anchor, without any perception at all, everything an empath has ever known falls away and there is nothing.
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"Thunder can't harm you, Maxwell."
"It used to."A short story about getting comfort for fears.
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There are things that have not been apologized for, or forgiven. There are things that have not been settled even between the closest of allies. There are things that happen without warning and become costly to the well-being of a nation.
These are afflictions, and they are examples to learn from, however hard they are to understand at times, and however hard they are to prevent.
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Being a parent is a big responsibility. You also knew that, even without all the attached responsibility, being a parent is extremely difficult on if itself. What was hardest on you was when your son got sick.
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That damned smirk remained. “Are you volunteering?” Sylvanas asked in a low, conspiratorial voice that positively oozed with provocation.
Anduin, Genn and Nathanos were deathly silent, the kind of silence one fell into when they desperately hoped to go unnoticed.
Nostrils flaring, Jaina glared. “And what if I am, Warchief, afraid of one little mage looking over your shoulder?”
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AKA Battle for Azeroth but what if there wasn't a faction war and it's about two traumatised women falling in love at the end of the world?
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- Part 4 of Heart of Ashes Verse
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12 Jul 2023
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It’s surreal, that Alatus’s nightmare of five hundred years could end with a single arrow.
Five centuries at Mistress’s feet, five centuries soaked to the elbow in blood so her hands could remain clean. Five centuries choking on the sickly-sweet dreams she pushed down his throat, shivering in both disgust and euphoria. And here five centuries end, no glory in her short and simple death, no grace in the way she sprawls lifeless on the marble.
Morax frees Alatus from the dream-goddess's service, and in doing so, he gains the dearest and most loyal companion he's ever known. Through the Archon War and after, through years of suffering and loss, Zhongli and Xiao struggle towards a happier future.
Or, Zhongli and Xiao pine for millennia, suffer a lot, comfort each other even more, and finally forge a happy ending for themselves.
Written for ZhongXiao Week 2022.
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03 Dec 2022
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to see the ever-turning aeon cease by spiralpegasus
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
15 Mar 2021
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Such a tender heart, beneath it all. Morax wonders at it – that a creature so fundamentally gentle could survive something so fundamentally cruel.
“In the fables of another world,” Morax murmurs, “the name Xiao is that of a spirit who encountered great hardship. He endured much suffering, as you have.” His thumb brushes beneath Alatus’s eye, catching the tear before it can fall. “Use this name from now on.”
A story about love, devotion, and vulnerability, told in six parts. Or, five lessons Zhongli learns from Xiao during their thousands of years at each other's sides, and one lesson Xiao learns from him.
中文 Chinese translation available here!
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03 Dec 2022
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“What will it take, I wonder,” Zhongli says, more to himself than to Xiao, “for you to cherish your life as I cherish it?”
Xiao’s eyelids flutter shut, and Zhongli remembers unbidden the way his eyes had closed in that dark place beneath the earth. Xiao had been ready to make the Chasm his grave, just as Bosacius did. Zhongli cannot bear to think of his little dove entombed in such a stony, sunless place.
Zhongli’s heart may be carved from stone, but it still beats. It still breaks.
After the Chasm, Zhongli realizes that Xiao needs the guidance of his lord to navigate a Liyue without gods. He takes Xiao's life back into his hands to show him just how much his master values him, hoping that Xiao will learn to value himself in turn.
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- Part 1 of zhongxiao post-chasm d/s
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03 Dec 2022
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Tatsumi's behavior changes. Hisoka adjusts.
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23 Oct 2013