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• Like Blood Dripping in an Hourglass by PlotThotRobin

  Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses  

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  19 Mar 2025

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  • My Unit | Byleth/Claude von Riegan
  • Jeralt Reus Eisner & My Unit | Byleth
  • My Unit | Byleth
  • Claude von Riegan
  • Jeralt Reus Eisner
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Minor Character Death
  • If they die in Verdant Wind they probably die here
  • Canon-Typical Body Horror
  • Nonbinary My Unit | Byleth
  • Gender-Neutral My Unit | Byleth
  • Time Loop
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst and Romance
  • Friends to Lovers
  • I love cherry picking from Three Hopes
  • Politics are unavoidable but the focus is on interpersonal relationships
  • Verdant Wind | Golden Deer Route (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
  • The Golden Deer are all present but I will only individually tag them when I need to
  • but i will tag
  • Golden Deer Cyril (Fire Emblem)
  • There's some focus on Jeralt and Byleth's relationship
  • Until he dies :/
  • Rhea is somewhat villainized but she's not unsympathetic
  • Events from the other routes are mentioned
  • Autistic My Unit | Byleth
  • Tags May Change
  • Artistic liberties have been taken when it comes to Sothis' power
  • depiction of a panic attack
  • Artistic liberties have been taken when it comes to Nabatean/Agarthan history; especially Nemesis
  • I’m basically rebuilding Nemesis from the ground up
  • I guess Slow Burn for Claude and Byleth? Nothing romantic will happen until post timeskip at minimum.

  Summary

  Despite Sothis’ warnings against doing so, Byleth has thrown themselves into a timeloop in an attempt to try to achieve a better ending where all three lords live and work together for the sake of Fódlan. They've gotten infuriatingly close, but their body can no physically longer withstand turning back time. Each attempt has taken its toll mentally and physically, and Byleth is at their limit. They have one last divine pulse and must pick a side. Ultimately, Byleth chooses Claude. They don’t fully understand their own decision and it haunts them; they just know it was instinct to return to his side. Now they must watch the consequences of their failures unfold and live with the blood on their hands.

  Meanwhile, Claude is more determined than ever to peel back the layers of secrets of his new professor. Nothing ever seems to actually surprise them, and it sometimes seems like they’re simply nodding and going through the motions; yet, they are fiercely protective of him and the other Deer and are always there when needed. It makes no damn sense… Compels him though. It isn’t until five years later that he actually starts getting the answers he is searching for - and he isn’t prepared for what he finds.

  Language:

  English

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  7,283

  Chapters:

  3/?

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