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“I… I lost it.”
Aether’s eye twitches. “Where…” he drags a hand over his face, “where did you last see it?”
Xiao hesitates. “...On—”
“If you say you last saw it on the bed, I’m going to force it down your throat when I find it.”
Aether just wants Xiao to sleep. Nothing ever goes to plan.
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05 Jul 2025
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Lumine is an up and coming music journalist whose prime love are the bow string instruments. In order to win a prestigious journalism award in music category - The Golden Plume of Teyvat - she's seeking the topic for the article that would be the masterpiece of her foregoing career. The contest is held every five years and she's desperate to make a name for herself in the current run to prove that she's done right by choosing this path.
Her search leads her to a grand music gala in Sumeru where she has a chance to hear a young Liyue prodigy - Xiao - play for the very first time. She's completely astounded by his talent... and the utter lack of emotions behind his performance. She chases him in sheer belief that the story behind his indifference is the ticket to winning the Golden Plume Award.
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05 Jul 2025
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With a flick of his wrist, a different feather appeared, sliding down from his cuff. It’d been put into a secret encasing, to not damage it, but also for easy access. She would have thought that it’d be for a dagger, but no.
“Is that…?”
Xiao nodded, effortlessly taking the feather from the casing with one hand. He’d done this more than a few times, clearly. With his other, he intertwined their fingers, and stepped closer. He was mere inches from her, his eyes as sweet as caramel. He twirled the feather in his fingers, the ends of it tickling her cheek.
“I don’t care about their opinions,” he whispered. “My personal life is none of their concern. You could be a hag in the woods, the most intelligent graduate at the University, the deck scrub of a pirate ship. I don’t care. The feathers don’t lie, and I refuse to ignore their call any longer.” -
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When a curse turning people into mindless killers befalls their university, Till and Ivan find themselves battling for their lives in a bid to find a way to break the curse and escape.
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05 Jul 2025
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This, was really good actually. Really graphic and descriptive but it WORKEDD! Loved the explanations of the greek lore... Also Ivan totally would be able to fight off his curse long enough for Till, he's just that guy.
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Till is four when the first mark appears on the right side of his neck. It is shaped like an odd looking letter b.
His mother coos over him when he points it out to her. It’s a music symbol called a flat, she says. A symbol indicating the note should be played a semitone lower.
“Till, remember. Not a lot of people have these marks, but when they do, they will have a very special person,” she lifts him in the air and he squeals. She hugs him tight, smelling like warm milk as she nuzzles into his hair. “Even if I’m not there anymore, you won’t be alone as long as you have that mark on your neck. And it won’t just stop at just one mark. There will be multiple all over your body, telling you about the life you will have with them. You aren’t going to be alone, Till, and you will be loved.”
Or, a soulmate AU in which people have marks on their body that details their life with their soulmate.
Bookmarked by Catbookworm
05 Jul 2025