renascence
Geto Suguru dies twice; Gojo Satoru exploits a technicality.
serendure
A personal fan fiction archive by AO3 user serendure
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antemortem
He wore that easy smile of his—the one he wore when he was the Blade of Frontiers, saving innocents and slaying beasts. Was I the innocent or the beast? we both know the answer to that question.
in zugzwang
Wyll surrenders to the urge.
appellations
They call them Adaar the Mage-Traitor. In the Winter Palace, bold Orlesian nobles whisper of Adaar the Usurper-King. And disquieted by their curved horns and towering stature, they declare them Adaar the Savage-Ox. In remote places where the Empress’s grasp does not reach, they’re known as Adaar the Fair, the Just, the Gentle. The Captain decides he likes that better: it rolls off smoother on the…
Heartlines
Childe gets lost in the Chasm and makes an unlikely friend.
Memento mori
Lann didn’t consider himself particularly devout — at least, not to the extent of these two — though he dimly recalled praying to the angels in his youth. Kneeling before Lariel’s sword, whispering his wishes to holy steel. Attempting to touch it, his hovering hands feeling divine, searing heat. Nothing came of it, of course. What god would listen to an abyss-touched mongrel? --- The Knight…
the ruined and the tarnished
The relentless onslaught wore him out, his muscles raw, his innards still aching for more. He craved reprieve from it, a solace, or something — *anything* — to sate it, to head it off, to control it before it controlled him. He would find it in a tucked-away druid grove: a man who’d jumped to their rescue, a hero who saved their hide from the goblin raid.
Moonlight
Shadowheart finds solace in Marcy, a drow bard, as she deals with the aftermath of Nightsong’s revelation.
if he had a hundred years
Wyll pays a visit to his father and finally airs out his grievances.
hallowed ground
Her life’s greatest calling—to be a Dark Justiciar—is right at her fingertips. Shadowheart only needs to make sure everything goes according to her plan. If that included seducing their illustrious leader to swore utmost loyalty to her, so be it. If only she herself didn’t falter.
A Gentleman Strikes in Broad Daylight
Get in, filch the supplies from the Fatui, and get out. That’s all she needs to do. Lumine has done this commission a thousand times before. Surely, nothing will go wrong, right? Surely, a certain Fatui Harbinger won’t get in her way and compromise her mission, right?
Stay
Lumine and Tartaglia seek shelter from a rainstorm in an inn, where they find very limited accommodations.
good boy
“I know your queen sent you to find out what I’m up to,” Lumine says. “I would love to send you back and tell her to fuck off, but I think keeping you would make for a much better message, am I right?”
still i will live here
Not all scars are earned from battles. Some scars are given to you by force. And some scars, you *ask* to be carved into you.
let simmer
Lumine could have simply asked Childe for the recipe, but she wanted this to be a surprise.
Mercy
“I’ll do anything.” Childe says it in a low voice, so hushed that Lumine almost doesn’t catch it, but she does, and the words ignite a fire in her. “Whatever you ask of me, I’ll do it,” he adds.
As A Friend
Ayaka asks Lumine to kiss her, *as a friend*.
Honey Trap
As one of Tsaritsa’s secret agents, it’s Childe’s duty to keep Teyvat safe, which in turn keeps his wife safe. But what is the point of all this, of being a secret agent and thwarting criminals, if he cannot even protect the love of his life?
Collusion
When a rogue investigator’s search for her missing brother leads her to cross paths with an assassin, both discover that some truths are worth killing—or dying—for.
Gods & Monsters
Lumine is faced with a choice between lesser evils: to take a monster's life, or let him go and risk destruction and chaos.
a life in your shape
Witnessing the slow, excruciating pain of Childe succumbing to a poison of her own doing fills Lumine with a dread that threatens to consume her whole.
Game, Set, Match
Theirs is a game of cat and mouse; Childe is the cat and Lumine the mouse, but all too often Childe finds himself losing. Not that he's complaining, not when he gets to see the view from below her. Strands of blonde hair cascading down her face, sweat dripping from her chin, her chest heaving shallow breaths.
my north star
Beidou comes home after a long, arduous journey.
Soldier On
Childe is given a mission by the Tsaritsa to stop the Abyss Order’s leader down in the Far South. There, he meets a familiar face, and his duty as Fatui Harbinger becomes a heavy burden he must carry. An AU where Princess Lumine of the Abyss Order and master swordswoman Skirk are one and the same.
like a moth to a flame
Lumine finds solace in a Fatui Harbinger.
Dreams of Perfection
The prosecuting prodigy chooses a name for herself, and reminisces her past along the way.
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Maya and Ema meet for the first time, and a new friendship blossoms.