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To Kaveh’s great shock and utter dismay, no one else seemed to know that Al-Haitham had dimples except him.
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04 Oct 2026
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“Hmph.” Kaveh steps closer. "So why choose to listen to my voice even when I’m complaining about you?”
Alhaitham shuts his eyes. “Just because.”
“Being a little vague there, Scribe Alhaitham.”
“I just…” Alhaitham sighs. “I just really like your voice.”
Or, Kaveh learns sign language because he fears that Alhaitham is growing tired of his voice. He doesn't understand that Alhaitham actually... loves it.
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04 Oct 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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01 Oct 2026
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Third Time's the Charm by Intensely_Reading for ikeru
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
03 Aug 2024
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“Fuck,” Kaveh breathes.
“What? What happened?” Nilou turns—peeking over his shoulder and letting out a small “oh” before gently patting his back.
“What’s wrong?” Dehya asks. Kaveh wordlessly hands her his phone and drops his head in his hands.
“I’m never playing truth or dare again.”
“Well, I mean. It’s not that bad,” he hears Dehya say, unsure. “You mentioned you were drunk. You’ve done plenty of dumb shit while drunk. You took this dare while drunk.”
“Most of that dumb shit, Al-Haitham witnessed with his own eyes too,” Tighnari adds.
Kaveh glares at Tighnari. Tighnari smiles and shrugs.
(Kaveh confesses. Sort of.)
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05 Aug 2026
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To Dream in Shades of Green by Intensely_Reading
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
08 Oct 2023
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“There are three suitors who you can romance in this game. You must complete all your requirements with one of them."
“Who are the three potential suitors?” Kaveh asks warily.
“Your three suitors are Tighnari, the blunt Palace Chamberlain; Cyno, the standoffish Captain of the Royal Guard; and Al-Haitham, the acerbic Duke of Vultur Volans.”
There's a new invention from the Yae Publishing House that turns a user's dreams into light novel stories. Kaveh has the (un)fortunate pleasure of being one of its first users.
Too bad it dumped him in a romance game.
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05 Aug 2026
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We'll draw the curtains (and never leave home) by Intensely_Reading for F1f1istired
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
26 Mar 2024
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Kaveh meets Al-Haitham again in Lambad’s Tavern—homeless, moraless, jobless with a dendro vision cinched to his waist to prove it.
For lack of better words, Al-Haitham is shorter than he remembers.
“Archons,” he breathes, looking him up and down. “What happened to you?”
“I should be asking you that question,” Al-Haitham says, dry.
“No. No, you really shouldn’t,” Kaveh says, shaking his head.
Al-Haitham snorts.
Al-Haitham gives Kaveh an ultimatum he is desperate to change.
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03 Aug 2026
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Mehrak may not be the smartest piece of machinery out there, but it is nothing if not devoted to its creator. Anything Kaveh asks of it, Mehrak will perform to the best of its capabilities.
One day, it finds itself presented with its greatest challenge yet: to make Kaveh “happy”.
In which Mehrak mistakes a throwaway comment from Kaveh as an order and does everything in its (regrettably limited) power to fulfill it. When it realizes that Kaveh’s happiness could lie with a certain roommate, it intends to throw everything it has into playing matchmaker.
(And if it learns a little bit more about itself along the way—well, all the better, right?)
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02 Aug 2026
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“Math?” And a published academic journal, at that?
“Yes.” Ratio returns the book to his bag, carrying on, but Aventurine’s stuck on the fact that this is apparently what he does in his free time outside of composing music.
“…I thought you were a pianist.”
“I am a pianist.”
“But– math?” Even Aventurine doesn’t spend that much time thinking about math, and he spends twelve hours a day staring at financial models.
“Does it not occur to you that it's possible to have more than one interest?”
Aventurine lives the same week on repeat: eighty hours of his soul-sucking high finance job, then two nights of dancing off the stress to the beat of his favorite anonymous DJ. His move into a luxury apartment building brings him next door to Ratio, an esteemed classical composer with a love for piano. Eager to make a good impression, Aventurine keeps his clubbing habit under wraps — but he’s not the only one hiding secrets under strobe lights.
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17 Jun 2026
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The Downsides of Objectivity by profligate
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
29 Jul 2024
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It began with the gifts.
Ratio was aware this was a tactic Aventurine employed with all his professional relationships. On his rare visits to Pier Point, Ratio had occasionally caught sight of Aventurine delivering wrapped packages from desk to desk. When they had begun to work together, he had received some expensive, trendy knick knacks himself that he had been all too happy to misplace.
From then on, he noticed Aventurine’s habit more often: the way he’d take the time to gather up those gifts on long shopping trips, as well as his preference for opening negotiations with a few lavish presents in a show of both goodwill and power.
And he noticed the way that his occasional, persistent gifts to Ratio increased in specificity.
Aventurine is clearly infatuated with him. Naturally, Ratio has a duty to nip this nonsense in the bud.
Unsurprisingly, Ratio has the hots for him. For the Doctor’s sake, Aventurine will have to shut him down.
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13 Jun 2026
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Against the Kitchen Floor by Lee_Outis
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
28 May 2024
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Without fail, Ratio finds him after every project, at every bar and casino. He drags Aventurine back to his hotel or penthouse, plying him with water and food until Aventurine is almost eating three meals a day.
Each night, Aventurine is lulled to sleep by Ratio’s irritated scolding, and every morning, he wakes to a tall glass of water and hangover pills on his nightstand, with breakfast pre-made and waiting in the fridge.
One night, after Ratio leaves, Aventurine coughs. It must be allergies.
Or:
Aventurine has Hanahaki.
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01 Jun 2026
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Cipher finds a traumatized white-haired boy in a destroyed village, so she takes him with her on her travels, avoiding Okhema like she's done for the past centuries.
And then she finds another kid, blond this time, with the same golden blood but no injuries, and thinks “what the hell, sure” and takes him with her too.
Cipher isn't the best babysitter around, but she does know when someone needs to run away from the world for a while.
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22 May 2026
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“Look, this might sound a little strange… but could you hear me out for a moment?” Phainon asks, his tone hopeful.
Mydei supposes he signed himself to it. He gives a short nod. Phainon fidgets with the bandage between his fingers.
“I wanted today to be special.” He pauses, his shoulders dropping slightly. “There’s someone I’ve wanted to ask out for a long time.”
Oh, by Nikador balls. Mydei was really going to have to sit here and listen to Phainon gush about his undying crush on Cyrene, wasn’t he? He clenches his fists inside the costume, a wave of discomfort washing over him.
Mydei is working part-time as a mascot at the recently opened Chimera Park. While wearing his Fig Stew costume, he unexpectedly befriends a cheerful teenager, who happens to be both his classmate and his long-time secret crush for over two years, Phainon.
What could possibly go wrong?
Chinese translation here
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22 May 2026
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to the me in your memory by Intensely_Reading
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
30 Jun 2025
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“I didn’t do anything wrong, did I?”
“You didn’t,” Mydei says, his gaze averting from Phainon. He takes a deep breath, steeling himself. “You did nothing wrong, Phainon.”
“Then… what do we need to talk about?” He watches Phainon take a hesitant step forward. Mydei curses, frustrated, and jerks his head up.
“I think we should take a break.”
(These days, Mydei wonders if he's been living under the shadow of his past self all this time.)
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15 May 2026
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Kaveh angrily shoves the last of his bagel down his throat, then cracks his knuckles and positions his keyboard out in front of him.
you, he types furiously into the small comment box, are exactly the reason why so many fanfic authors quit writing. lucky for you i don’t give a SHIT about your blockheaded, extremely unqualified opinion. thanks for adding to my already massive view count!!! be sure to subscribe to get notified when i post another work!
Then he presses post and slams his laptop closed.
Kaveh deals with his #1 internet hater, FlyingVulture: some rando who reads his Deshret x Nabu fanfiction and leaves comments about how bad his characterization is.
Meanwhile, he also deals with his #1 real life hater, Al-Haitham: his roommate.
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02 May 2026
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pomp and circumstance by luminvies for moonsteps
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
26 Dec 2023
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“Coming!” Al-Haitham calls, navigating the maze of packing peanuts and crates. He undoes the latch on the door and lets it swing open, fully expecting to see the bearded face of his landlord only to be met with the vermillion-eyed face of somebody he had given up hope on seeing for the rest of his life.
There’s a long moment of silence. The aching swell of Vivaldi in the background and the rushing in his ears like the ocean waves.
“...Kaveh?”
Kaveh, globally-renowned musician, disappears off the face of Teyvat. Five years later, he shows up outside of Al-Haitham's door with no explanation but to ask for a bed to sleep in.
It's fine. They only have thirteen years of history, after all.
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01 May 2026
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EXCLUSIVE: Al-Haitham to star as lead in Hallmark romance movie alongside small-time actor Kaveh
The star, who has made no comment on his newest role, is joined by Kaveh, who was rumored to have signed onto a project with Al-Haitham in 2020. His debut on the movie scene alongside a renowned figure such as Al-Haitham is sure to turn eyes to his future projects.
Read more…
“Like fuck I am going to read more,” Kaveh says out loud even though he’s currently alone in his apartment.
Five years after a doomed first project, Kaveh and Al-Haitham reunite as co-stars on the set of a romcom.
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02 May 2026
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After Dark, Before Dawn by midnighter777 for starsneverlanding
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
17 Aug 2024
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And then, the unimaginable happens.
Aventurine, his roommate, the man he only occasionally speaks to for more than minutes at a time, leans over in their shared bed, and kisses him. A brief peck, leaving Veritas no time to react and his world spinning.
"Wait." He says firmly, giving his roommate pause. "Why did you do that?"
Aventurine snorts, and his lips twitch like he's trying not to smile. "You told me you love me. You don't remember?"
The air knocks itself out of Veritas' lungs. "I…I what?"
The countdown to one Veritas Ratio telling his roommate that he loves him, and the days after.
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02 May 2026