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1. Lanterns on the River by CopperPrawn

   Fandoms: 龍の国 ルーンファクトリー | Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (Video Game), Rune Factory (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   06 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Cuilang/Subaru (Rune Factory)
   • brief Mauro/Kusatsu
   • Cuilang (Rune Factory)
   • Subaru (Rune Factory)
   • Sayo (Rune Factory)
   • Mauro de Sainte-Coquille
   • Kusatsu (Rune Factory)
   • Hisui (Rune Factory)
   • Tsubame (Rune Factory)
   • Woolby | Mokoshiro (Rune Factory)
   • Matsuri (Rune Factory)
   • Ulalaka (Rune Factory)
   • Post-Game
   • Spoilers
   • Established Relationship
   • Character Study
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Heavy Angst
   • Existential Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort

   Summary

   Nothing here is meant to fit. Their love, their marriage, their family — each of these things consist of parts made for a different machine; one less faulty than Cuilang. Despite this, under Subaru’s hands, everything clicks gently into place. This life shouldn’t run smoothly. Yet it does, because of him.

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   Cuilang warned Subaru from the beginning that they couldn’t grow old together. As his body ceases to function part by part, he says a slow goodbye to everything he has learned to love.

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