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You were just a mere breeze brushing past his existence, a shadow that could never reach him no matter how close you stood, an invisible guardian whose fate was never meant to intertwine with his.
This is the story of how the yearning of a silent star spirit for the human tethered to the constellation she was supposed to protect, brought about her forbidden descent to the human realm. After countless hours of loving in silence, surely breaking the rules just to be near him for one day wouldn’t hurt?
All for his special day.
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14 Jun 2026
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"Welcome to a new user experience! You have triggered this interface with the keywords, ‘Stupid game! Stupid devs! I want my f*****g money back!’ You are now bound to the character Tartaglia, the Eleventh Harbinger of the Fatui, codename: Childe! We hope you have an enjoyable user experience and we welcome you once again to Genshin Impact 2.0!”
Those are some of the first words Ajax, starving college student extraordinaire, has the misfortune of hearing upon waking up in a brave new world from what he's fairly sure is a very fatal accident involving water and a shit ton of electricity.
Okay, so he's not dead. That's good. But what's this about him being stuck playing the character Tartaglia? Tartaglia, as in the no-good, one-dimensional, cartoonish villain who met his untimely, gruesome death in the first act of the original game?
Forget this. Like hell Ajax is going to share that fate.
And so begins one man's journey to save himself from his awful destiny.
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28 Sep 2025
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The year is 1825. As the Tsar's daughter, you call the Winter Palace your home. When your father dies unexpectedly, the throne is set to pass to his brother.
At a ball held in the late Tsar's honor, you stumble upon a cell of revolutionaries, but are caught eavesdropping. Forced to confront the future Childe, Kaeya, and Diluc envision for the realm your family has ruled for generations, you struggle with your own loyalties — especially as one of the more brazen dissidents has taken a liking to you.
A story of impossible longing that defies empire and class, set in history.
Includes heartache and smut.[F/n] and she/her for Reader, written in third person.
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26 Jul 2025
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a short second eternity with you by mousepicnic
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Feb 2024
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Cottagecore vampire romance.
Lumine is an orphan who knows nothing of herself. On her 18th birthday, she is sent to an arranged marriage, and finds out that her husband is a vampire. Without the means to escape, she reluctantly stays, and learns more about her husband through the other inhabitants of the manor.
As she gets used to being a vampire’s wife, the truth of their shared past is revealed, and horrors set into motion in the dark upends them both.
Tender and dark, this story explores trauma, grief, loss, and the way people do their best to care for each other despite circumstances.
The story narrative, plot, and themes are heavily influenced by post-modernism and psychological constructivism, and is experimental in certain parts.
Basically a food blog. It is not advised to read this while hungry.
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22 Jun 2025
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There is a popular game in Snezhnaya, one that originates as an activity to keep children occupied during the long winter days stuck indoors while arctic winds howl outside, knocking against doors and windows and carrying with it a violent storm of ice and frost. The game has since been adopted into a drinking game by bored young adults similarly trapped inside those cold, dark grueling months.
The game’s rules go something like this. Each person takes a turn telling two truths and one lie about themselves while the rest of the participants have to pluck out the lie. If the guessers guessed wrong, the person telling the information gets the point. If the guesser guessed right, then the person gets no points.
There is no real end to this game. Children play it until they become bored, adults play it until they become drunk.
Childe plays it until…
Come to think of it, Childe’s not entirely sure why he’s playing.
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A Childe introspection story where he tries to find his heart.
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22 Mar 2024