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  1. Public Bookmark 28

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    Kaveh expects some offhandedly smug, smooth remark from Alhaitham about how Kaveh’s his senior but never acts like it, or how it was the most logical outcome given the circumstances and he’s being a child for debating with him about it. But he just mumbles, low and almost petulant, “It is what it is.” He won’t meet Kaveh’s eyes. “You can’t move out.”

    Kaveh balks at him before rubbing at his face furiously. “You can’t be serious. You can’t be serious,” he laughs, almost delirious. There’s no way his luck has reached this new low. He knows the ascended heroes on Celestia are guffawing at his misfortune. “Why would you do that when you’ve always wanted me to leave anyway?”

    Alhaitham stares at him for a long moment before sighing, slipping into his seat and sliding his plate of Kaveh’s carefully constructed Fatteh towards him primly. “Why indeed,” he drones, sounding exhausted. “Why indeed.”

    or: in which there’s a cohabitation clause in sumeru city’s body of legislation; a pair who lives together for longer than six months, files taxes together, and presents as a couple are considered married by law. who knew. (alhaitham, apparently.)

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    14 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 10

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    Alhaitham inhaled deeply before submerging his face, cursing himself for having seemingly abandoned his usual rationality. His eyes crinkled as he tried to open them.

    Open them he did, and the sight was… dazzling. The siren was an undeniable beauty on land, with his hair stuck to the nape of his neck and droplets dotting his torso, but underwater, the swirl of a light current dancing through his hair and the shimmer of his jewelled eyes fully brought his features to life. Gorgeous, Alhaitham thought, and he didn’t realise his eyes were widened until they started to burn from the salt.

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    12 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 39

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    Kaveh doesn’t look up from his full plate. Eyebrows drawn, he mumbles something unintelligible. Alhaitham opens his mouth to press him again, but then Kaveh’s free hand moves into his tousled hair. He brushes the locks behind his ear, but they fall forward anyway.

    Ah. Alhaitham identifies the issue. “You don’t want to eat with hair in your face, is that it?” he asks, eyeing Kaveh’s movements. When Kaveh glares at him, he knows he hit the target, dead center.

    Alhaitham pulls up a chair on Kaveh’s side of the table and sits down. “Turn your head.”

    Alhaitham brushes up on hair braiding skills he left behind with his Akademiya school uniform.

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    12 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 9

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    "Here," he faced Kaveh to hand him the book. "I'd like you to read me this."

    Kaveh merely stared at the title for a few moments, slack-jawed. He slowly raised his hands to take it, letting out a nervous chuckle.

    "This is a joke, right?" He laughed, uncertain. "It has to be. Did Tighnari put you up to this? You guys better still plan on paying me."

    "Why would I be joking?" Alhaitham asked. "I can't read, so I'm paying for the services of someone who can."

    "Th-" Kaveh sputtered. "They have audiobooks, you know?!"

    Alhaitham isn't allowed to read for a month after an eye surgery, so he takes the next logical step and hires a kids' storyteller.
    To read him Crime and Punishment, by Dostoevski.

    Inspired by this post.

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    12 Jun 2026

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    Kaveh had been clear. No poetic wording. No room for misunderstandings. No room for miscommunication.

    “I don’t see you that way,” Alhaitham replied flatly.

    Wow. So straightforward. So concise. Zero social etiquette.

    The heartbreak had not even settled in yet and Kaveh already wanted to throw him off the building.

    Cyno @tcg_pharaoh:
    why is alhaitham on the roof

    Tighnari @actual_leader:
    what roof?? like about to jump??

    Cyno @tcg_pharaoh:
    no he’s lying down flat like a starfish on the cement and just staring at the sky

    Star_Airbnb @star_villas:
    🔗 StarFish Rooftop Villa, 2Bedroom, 1.5 Bathroom with View

    (or: Kaveh was the one who got rejected by Alhaitham, so why is his junior acting like a tragically abandoned stray cat?)

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