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after all we stand for shatters by smthingclever
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
31 Mar 2024
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“I like the kind of person who doesn’t flinch when I look them in the eye, who doesn’t back down.” Childe’s grip on his tie tightens, eye to eye, blue to gold. “Someone strong enough to match me and ambitious enough to enjoy the...challenge.”
Zhongli’s rationality is swallowed by that soft ocean scent, his lungs clogged by the shimmering heat that drenches the air.
“Is that what you are?” he murmurs. “A challenge?”
“I think you’ll find, Mr. Zhongli, that I am the greatest challenge you will ever face.” Childe’s lips are a sin, hovering over his, apple-sweet temptation. “Will you back down now?”
And Zhongli, cursing himself, does not back down.
Childe is a dangerous crime boss threatening the peace of Liyue. Zhongli is the retired intelligence agent sent to infiltrate his organization and bring him to justice.
But beneath Childe’s many masks, Zhongli finds a lost soul who yearns for redemption, and beyond Zhongli’s steadfast duty, Childe finds a tired soldier who yearns for a home.
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- 125,843
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01 Jun 2026
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Childe, a world-class professional runner, is reeling from a diagnosis with a terminal heart condition. Stuck in bed with a failing heart, he can’t run, travel, or do anything that gave him purpose before. His career and life appear to be over.
To help him adjust, the doctors prescribe Childe virtual reality therapy. He doesn’t expect much to come of it until he meets a mysterious fellow patient, Zhongli.
Together they explore the virtual world called Celestia and each other. And Childe starts to wonder: Can love make a short, bedridden life worth living? Can they find meaning in virtual reality when they’ve lost everything in the outside world?
But falling in love comes with the bitter price that Childe, once again, has nowhere to run—from his feelings or himself.
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- 81,793
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- 12/12
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26 May 2026
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After the Osial incident, Childe becomes a prisoner of the Qixing and quickly discovers that the people of Liyue do not tolerate foreign spies almost destroying their city. Zhongli attempts to negotiate his freedom but may have to resort to more drastic measures as Childe slowly unravels in their hands.
Forced to examine his past, Childe begins to question his motivations and purpose. Who is he, really? How can he face everything he’s done after the delicate lies he’s weaved about who he is are stripped away? The masks of cruel murderer and loving brother within him battle for dominance, but which is the true him?
The only source of comfort he has is Zhongli, who complicates things in his own way….Series
- Part 1 of this fragile peace we carry
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- English
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- 60,644
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- 14/14
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25 May 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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17 May 2026
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“A dragon’s treasure must be presented as an offering to proceed,” chimes the little Secret Source Servant hovering next to them.
Aether’s face twists into displeasure, glancing around the courtyard.
“Paimon still can’t see anything that looks like treasure,” she complains, flitting around the area.
It’s true, nothing stands out, even to Childe’s eyes. With a hum, he crosses his arms over his chest and thinks, considering the glimmering seal over the door looming before them. There are glowing lines of phlogiston running beneath the door and around its circumference. At the side of the door where the locking mechanism sits, there is what appears to be a small stone altar of sorts, raised up from the ground and surrounded in the same golden light as the door’s seal. Presumably, this is where the offering is supposed to be placed.
“What’s even in this Temple of the Coveted?” Childe inquires.
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Childe attempts to help Aether with unsealing an ancient dragon temple in Natlan and gets more than he bargained for.
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17 May 2026
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“I wish to add on something to this contract of yours. Something that I need from you, if I am to feel any peace about stepping down from my position as the Geo Archon.”
The Tsaritsa motions for him to continue.
“My people must be tested. I need to be certain that they can defend themselves. When I step down, the adepti will be forced to step back. To test them, they need a strong enemy. One who will cause chaos and destruction, who seems like an opponent that only I and the adepti should be able to defeat. One who will be committed to the cause.”
She nods, pulling the contract back.
“One who will know nothing of the true plan. One who has their orders, and will be my pawn to lead.”
“You ask for a near-unbeatable opponent, but one who is easily manipulated?” She raises an eyebrow.
“Too tall an order, Your Highness?” he challenges.
“Just the opposite.”
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17 May 2026
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That’s got to be the weirdest looking dog Ajax has ever seen in his life.
At least, Ajax thinks it’s a dog. It’s got scraggly little ginger tufts of fur around the neck and a strip of wild fur running down the spine like a mohawk, ending in more bushy, fluffy fur bits sprouted at the end of the tail. There are also some sort of strange protrusions from its head, like antlers, or maybe tumours? Fuck if Ajax knows, he’s not a medical professional.
But even with his lack of medical knowledge, he knows the dog-thing is in bad shape; it’s so covered in dirt and blood that Ajax can’t even tell what colour it is beneath all that grime.
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In which Ajax finds, what he calls in his mind, a "Dog-Lizard", on his random walk around the city and accidentally becomes a pet parent without realizing he's adopted a god.
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- 6/6
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12 May 2026
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“Tell me a lie. A good one.”
"I am so not in love with you."
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08 May 2026
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Lover of the Emperor, Enemy of the State by equinoctial
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Oct 2022
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Many have flocked to Liyue to try their hand at conquering Rex Lapis’ Path of Indomitable Jade, rumoured to be relentless in its challenge but bountiful in its reward. Unsurprisingly, Ajax’s one track mind honed in on the word challenge and ran all the way to Celestia with it.
No one told him it was a bygone tradition that vied for the emperor’s hand in marriage, not until much later, when Liyue was already decked to the nines in preparation for the coronation of the emperor’s beloved consort– an Ajax-shaped consort.
(In which a bored Childe thinks he’s scaling up mountains to fight adepti and gain bountiful gifts for his nation and all that jazz, but he actually ends up wooing one of them and fighting favour from the rest and-- uh, wait, what do you mean the eccentric rock enthusiast is the emperor--)
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- English
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- 113,938
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- 15/15
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18 Apr 2026
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when frost bites (bite back) by archonisms (jaemyangisms)
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
21 Mar 2022
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"For such an ancient Archon, the Lord of Geo was nothing like I expected. Of all the many things he could spend his time doing in Liyue, he chooses to work as a consultant for a funeral parlor?”
Childe’s mind went blank with shock, and his heart sank like a stone.
(Or: Childe flees Liyue, fights God, adopts three children, nearly dies of hypothermia, meets a rotating cast of strange characters, and gets together with the love of his life. Not necessarily in that order.)
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- English
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- 37,054
- Chapters:
- 10/10
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- 545
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- 3,184
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Bookmarked by Wileybirbie
15 Apr 2026
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“What is the meaning of this?” Zhongli glanced up at an irritated La Signora. Within her hand was the Gnosis, but…
It was merely the top half of the Gnosis — which should’ve been whole in the first place. Instead, it was split in two with the location of the second half unknown. Not even the Tsaritsa had warned the Harbingers of such a possibility.
“This was not part of the contract.”
“I said I would give you my Gnosis and I have.”
She glared at Zhongli. “Where’s the other half?”
Zhongli remained silent.
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In which the Geo Archon isn’t just one divine entity, but two. Zhongli and Childe wander the streets of Liyue Harbor all while sharing a split Gnosis and working on their shared Archon duties together.
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- Part 1 of [ZhongChi Projects] - Genshin Impact
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- English
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- 49,080
- Chapters:
- 13/13
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- 431
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14 Apr 2026
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The first thing that goes wrong for Aether upon arriving in Liyue is that he gets accused of assassinating their god.
The second is what happens after he tells the suspiciously non-human hooligan by the beach about it, who takes it less than well.
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- 1/1
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13 Apr 2026
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A Househusband's Guide to the Abyss by blakkatNwillow5
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
28 Feb 2026
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In which Ajax falls into the Abyss for three years instead of months. It spits him back out differently, with a taint in his heart and more battle experience than any mortal since the archon war. That’s the thing about the Abyss; it takes something from you when you enter.
And when you leave?
It gives something back.
Or:
Everything you need to know about entering, living in and escaping the Abyss. Also includes how to make yourself a wanted criminal in your home country, how to take care of your family while running from said country, how to snag yourself a foreign archon for a husband, and more.
Note: Do not attempt at home.
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- 66,814
- Chapters:
- 28/?
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- 10
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13 Apr 2026
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you are the night time fear (you are the morning when it's clear) by PaintItBlack (Zurico)
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Jul 2021
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“I do not think he wishes to speak with me,” Zhongli tells her, even though the confession hurts more than he would care to admit.
“And I don’t think you know Childe as well as you think you do.” Lumine retorts, hands on her hips, looking thoroughly unimpressed.
“Yeah!” exclaims Paimon next to her, mirroring her posture.
The sight of them sending matching glares in his direction is something he would normally find amusing but instead, he feels himself jerk back, shocked at both the accusation and the distinctly flat tone of Lumine’s voice.
“I do,” he says, feeling slightly irked. “I do know Childe.”-
Zhongli messes up, a bit. A lot.- Language:
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- 1/1
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13 Apr 2026
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It hurt his head to think about what he was doing prior to… this, but he was fairly certain he’d gone to bed. Like any normal day. He’d returned from his routine shift at the Fatui headquarters and gone back to his studio apartment to sleep. The first thing his slightly dumbfound mind managed to conjure up was that he’d been isekai’d, but it was thought with a mental laugh and a ‘yeah, sure’ followed right after.
Meaning the only feasible conclusion was that he was still asleep, and this was all a dream.-----------
Or, Ajax wakes up somewhere that looks suspiciously similar to Liyue, from Genshin Impact, the videogame; and resolves to change history.
Alternate working title by Avana: Big Brothers Ajax's Misadventures in Space-Time One Accidental Adoption at a Time[word count up to chapter 12: 69k
word count up to chapter 59: 420 690. funny number achieved. i don't know why it keeps lining up like this]- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 446,180
- Chapters:
- 62/62
- Collections:
- 17
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- 3,841
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11 Apr 2026
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Disheveled is the Doctor/Rose love story as I saw it during S2. It is an award winning fic, written and posted during the original airing of S2 and S3 of new Doctor Who. It contains elements that appear much later in the series, but those are purely coincidental. Essentially a Doctor/Rose love story of epic proportions, spanning many regenerations, it relies heavily on Old School canon, some of which has been Moffed. It is a long fic, over 500 pages, and full of biological and culture detail for Time Lords, mostly based on my imagination and views of old school canon.
I think of it as a happy-ever-after story, but there are major angsty, triggery things that happen as we meander along. This is the warning you get for those. Fiction without conflict and surprise is hardly worth anyone's time. This work is for emotionally mature readers who can tolerate sexual exploration, tension and surprises.
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- 29/29
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18 Mar 2026
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The cold wind clung to her bare hands.
A shiver passed through her chest and pressed deep into her heart. She was back. Again.
Why was it always this beach? Why did it keep pulling her back?
And she could still feel his hand in hers. The firm press of his colder fingers clenched around her all too human ones. The pulse of a single heartbeat in his new chest. New, new, new me. They had forever. But that forever turned out to be too short and she felt the waves sweep him out of her grasp.
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- Part 1 of The Road Twice Taken
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 169,676
- Chapters:
- 32/32
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- 356
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15 Mar 2026
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Where Yuuri remembers the banquet, Viktor forgets, and Yakov Feltsman has his own plans.
“I’ve been made aware of your recent break with Celestino Cialdini, and would like to offer you a trial period where you train under me, in St. Petersburg. There are only three conditions: you will board with another one of my students, you will take ballet with Madame Baranovskaya, and you will help me coach Yuri Plisetsky, who refuses to listen to my criticisms of his spins.” Yakov nods at this point, leans forwards and looks Yuuri in the eye. “I will charge no coaching fees.” With a deal like that, even if it means he has to face Viktor again, Yuuri has no choice but to agree.- Language:
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- 2/2
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17 Feb 2026
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Soulmates AU where whatever you write on your own skin appears on your soulmate, but when there is a language barrier, meeting becomes just a little more difficult than it should be.
Russian | Spanish | Bahasa Indonesia | Chinese | Italian
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- Part 1 of Ice and Ink
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 34,279
- Chapters:
- 6/6
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- 1,780
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- 26,569
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16 Feb 2026
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“The two Japanese singles medalists make a beautiful pair! Here, at the 2009 Tokyo GPF, we have the start of this power couple’s reign!”
Yuuko and Yuuri dominate the singles skating competition as Japan’s power couple—except they aren’t a couple, and when their old skating idol stumbles into their personal life, everything rapidly goes downhill.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 65,696
- Chapters:
- 9/9
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- 1,390
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- 5,604
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08 Feb 2026