In father's embrace

Ayato 

the stars don't shine as bright as you...

“And what of it? Am I not allowed to praise my wife?”

tags: established relationship, fem!reader, fluff, reader is overworking herself and zhongli says NO MORE A THAT

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The best part of any of your days is easily when you can curl up in bed and relax for a while before you go to sleep. It wasn’t always like this, however. You used to work until it was time to go to bed and spent hours tossing and turning before sleep called your name, but Zhongli put a stop to that fairly quickly. He’ll quietly sneak up to your desk and tell you when to relinquish your work and head to bed when he notices that you’re too engrossed in it to realise the time.

“You’re still working, love?” He says quietly to you one night, glancing over your shoulder at the papers you’re working on. He knows they’re important to you, but he also knows you’ve been working on them so long that unless you take a break, you’ll be unable to pick up any inconsistencies or mistakes.

❛❛ ONCE MORE TO SEE YOU ❜❜ - pt 1

꒰꒰ ✎ :: Kabukimono/ Kunikuzushi/ Scaramouche/ Wanderer x gn reader

꒰꒰ ✎ Genre: angst with a happy ending in 3rd post, im not strong enough for a full angsty one😭

꒰꒰ ✎ Summary: After losing you, Kuni decides to change his and your unfair destiny himself. In orther for that, he goes to the Irminsul, just like in the archon quest, attempting to change its archives about his life in his favour so that he could keep you safe. Thus he restarts his life, while fully remembering everything from the previous one, but it seems the cycle has to repeat itself

⚠︎ Warnings: contains spoilers for scara's story, mentions of death (it's angst tho), of violence, cursing, kinda long too

Part 1 ࿐୨୧࿐ Part 2 ࿐୨୧࿐ Part 3

INTRO

Once again, the Kabukimono finds himself alone in the darkness, not sensing anything, not even the way his heart keeps beating, which is an absurd thing to a mere puppet as himself. The same virtual heart starts now to beat faster after seeing a glimpse of you, the only source of light in such a cold place.

Reaching his hand for you to take isn't enough, so he has to move, faster, run towards you until your form gets blurry and his hopes starts to sink, losing all of them in a blink of an eye when Kabukimono figures out his dream.

The same dream he kept having every night ever since he has lost you, the only one who could accept him for who he is and most importantly made him accept his own self. Or at least you had tried. After you left, everything for the boy once destined for a great role as a leader in Inazuma seemed to have lost its meaning. You were the last person to have stayed with him, the one who never planned to betray him and yet, in face of Fate, you had no choice but to die for him. For him to keep living, to find the truth about himself, to enjoy his life. But how can he do that now, when you're not there to share the moments together and keep only plaguing his mind?

Kabukimono asked his unforgiving Fate the same, asked why does it have to be so cruel, why did it all have to be like that and he has yet to receive an aswer.

Rather than digging himself in his tomb of madness and grief after your death, he starts to seek for solutions. The answers aren't going to bring you back anyway. After all, he is not an ordinary human, he is the one the electro archon has crafted with care and tenacity, his origins keep pushing him towards his goal. But if asked what is his aim after all, no explanation could be given other than a simple whisper of your name, a murmur that would go into the air for a divinity to hear and grant him his wish.

FIRST

In his first life, Kabukimono tried to live his life as best as he could. It was not easy to accept the rejection from the one and only who gave him his entire identity, just to abandon him, as he thinks. Having to endure the loss of Katsuragi and then the ill child from Tatarasuna, the one exactly like him, "a hope for the future, a fledgling barely out of the nest" was already hard enough for him to feel like giving up but then you appeared, miraculously in a way and showed him, through small steps how to bring himself up, how to see the world again for what it is and gain the strength to move on.

Except that your small, but significant intervention was also interfering with the evil's plans. Or as it goes in this story by the name Il Dottore. He had already managed to ensure Kabukimono's association with the Fatui after all the pain he put him through. He couldn't let you mess with his plans.

"It was rather amusing watching you getting close to that puppet. And the lengths you managed to go to earn his trust" Dottore laughs pretentiously in your face, viewing your intentions of getting close tp Kabukimono as ill intented, just as how his are. "Really wished I could still watch you make a fool of yourself like that" he continues drawing his sword.

"Tasteless as always! You fatui, walking all pretentiously thinking you rule the world and yet-" you pause to smirk at your upcoming remarks "you are all a bunch of stalkers, mere pawns who think they did something, but just waisted their life " You bite back at the wretched man. "What a shame" you stop when his blade is pointing right at your throat, feeling its edge grazing your skin, perhaps even bleeding already.

"Little fox still believes to have the upper hand! Face the truth: You lost!" his patience is running low as he doesn't let you respond to him anymore, perhaps his ego having been affected. "Though I should consider: any last words?" Dottore asks with a sickly smirk.

"Eat sh*t, stupid fatui" is what you last manage to swear before he "finishes " his plan.

BEGINNING OF CHANGE

You were one of Ei's most loyal servants, a fox youkai who watched her go through the best moments in her life before the war broke out 500 years ago and through her worst moments after her twin's and friends' loss. You were there when she crafted "the puppet " and when she decided to let it free, to let it have its purpose, find its own way through life. From time to time you also kept an eye on him, out of curiosity for his destiny, for the way he is going to shape his life, for what freedom did Ei release him.

And naturally you found yourself cross paths with him. It was amusing at first, he thought of you as some sort of blessing he was being gifted since you always managed to help in some of his crises, or keep him company for short periods of time. In your perspective your help didn't seem anything considerable, but Kabukimono was truly moved by your acts of kindness. And truly embarrassed by your constant teasing.

Using your own powers and abilities, you figured out the fatui discovered about Ei's actions, implicitly her creation and you couldn't let them destroy him like that. But it seems that this time, the cards weren't in your favour.

Dottore laughed again satisfied with himself after his plan worked. Kabukimono now joined the Fatui, as the Sixth Harbinger, Scaramouche.

Still, little did the doctor know, the Balladeer only accepted just to gain the means and power for his scheme of "getting you back" to be a success. Changing his fate through the Irminsul was a forbidden act, with no need of a written law to specifically stop him. It was hard enough to simply reach it, never mind attempting to change its archives. But he was willing to try to change your fates, to try to repay you for everything you've done, to give you back the life you deserved.

With the help of traveler and Nahida, curiously enough, he did it. He re-wrote his existence, making sure that he would join the fatui, before meeting his long lost friends and his dear lover so that he won't lose anyone, so that no one would die because of him. It was the perfect plan.

❛❛Promises to keep as far as the eyes can reach

A game of luck that I would choose

A game of light that I would lose❜❜

⁺ ˖˚ Songs from which I quoted the lyrics are: "Promise keeper" by Agnes Obel and the title itself of this work is the name of one MITSKI song, "Once more to see you".

A/N: before anyone wonders "but didn't scara considered his friends' deaths as betrayals and became all cold and grumpy and stuff" YES, that is true, but in here he met READER and eith their help he was better at coping with the losses and understanding his grief

the blush hypothesis

“There are simpler ways to get me to blush, you know. You needn’t compose such convoluted plans.”

tags: established relationship, fem!reader, fluff, literally no plot to this sorry

(if you have seen this before its cause i accidentally deleted it el oh el)

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You glance at Zhongli over the top of your book, trying your best to hide the fact that your interest does not lie in the pages and rather with him as he methodically dresses for work.

Despite the fact that your husband is putting his clothes on, not taking them off, the nature of your spying makes your face heat up in embarrassment and you bury your face back into your book as realisation hits. 

“You do realise I can feel you watching me?” Zhongli chuckles, doing his shirt buttons up as he approaches. “You’re not very subtle, my dear.”

You feel your face heat up more, putting your face against the pages of your book, hoping that if you stay there long enough, Zhongli will let the topic drop. Of course, that’s wishful thinking—he rarely lets things go, or gets flustered by you. In fact, you’re convinced you’ve never actually seen him blush in all the time you’ve been together.

“I was not watching you.” You protest, face still in the pages of your book. Zhongli raises an eyebrow, not that you see him do it, and chuckles to himself again. 

You continue talking. “What kind of pervert stares at their husband changing? That’s ridiculous.”

Genshin men as lyrics from my playlist

꒰꒰ ✎ :: Genshin x reader; established relationship

꒰꒰ ✎ :: Genre: fluff, some sad descriptions here and there but nothing angst

Childe - "Glue Song" by beabadoobee (<3)

Childe absolutely adores the dynamic of your relationship, the teasings and constant little bickerings, the soft lectures when one is on the wrong side or have neglected themselves that always end with much needed affection and cuddles. He loves everything about you, being with you and especially seeing you smile. If it's bc of him is a ego booster too, but his only priority is your happiness. He'll always cherish you.

Call him ridiculous, too cliché or whatever, but Childe really believes in the whole Fate/ Destiny concept of a power greater than anything could be imagined uniting you two and keeping you together. And in tender moments shared in the calming presence of you, when his heart can be filled back with love, Childe can think of himself as the luckiest person alive to be granted this happiness.

Wanderer - "Compass" by The Neighbourhood

Wanderer wasn't one to live a happy life or at least an easy live. He tried to fix things by himself, but it didn't seem the right way. He tried to erase his existence, along with erasing his memories, but that wasn't right either. He learned, he had to. How to do certain things, how to pay for his wrong doings and he's letting you guide him as well throughout this adventure. He thinks of you as his little compass (and of course little since his much stronger than you, as he likes to remark). You always make sure Wanderer does the good thing and not give too much in to the bad old habits and that he's happy with the way he lives, the life that he chose. It's not like a duty or in a bossy way (he still calls you that sometimes), but rather as natural as breathing or smth, it's just in your nature to want to care for him and do so. And with you on his side, for him to adore, Wanderer is sure to always be on the right path wherever life would take him this time.

Zhongli - "Telephones" by Vacations

A confident man in himself and his abilities. Once a ruler of a great nation, an important warrior in the devastating war and now a respectful man who gained everyone's admiration in Liyue and not only, who can still show them his strength and knowledge. But beside all of this titles, Zhongli has a more important one he wants to honour, as your one and only lover. The former Archon of Contracts made sure to have one between you two, although contract is a rigid way to call it, the solemn promise of his undying love for you, of the loyalty he has and his rather selfish wish to spend (for as long as you'll have him) this lifetime together.

He also figured that he literally cannot stay apart from you. His knowledge can be both his strength and his weakness. The times when he misses you it especially shows as his greatest weakness, for he has to go to places he once remembered of its history and now keeps remembering of the shared memories you have there. Zhongli is thinking of you more than he would want to admit and a life filled with as much responsibility as his clearly left him aching for that fussy feeling of love he only gets with you.

Kaeya - "Francis Forever" by Mitski

Kaeya, sure, enjoys the general admiration he gets from others and to use his smooth talking skills to obtain whatever he wants. He never praised himself as a considerate or trustworthy person, but he too yearns for that loving, gentle gaze of yours to be fixed on him. He yearns to have you at all times (kinda selfishly he thinks, but cannot deny it) there to see him as he is, for his true persona, although hurt and at a lost with his own emotions and thoughts. It gets exhausting to keep a laid off attitude, meet and interact with devious people and at the end of the day keep a fake smile to show to the world that he's unaffected by anything, that he's Kaeya Alberich. But in the comfort of your arms and with your tender touch all the memories that once plagued his mind finally dissipate, leaving him as the simple man he always wanted to be, a common man with the most amazing lover he could have been blessed with.

a/n: hope you guys enjoyed it ૮Ꮚ⑅ ˵ᴗ͈ . ᴗ͈꒱ა♥︎

OH MY GOD I LOOOOOVE THISS 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

°˖➴ when your baby …— (JJK MEN)

જ⁀➴ featuring: nanami kento, kamo choso, fushiguro toji, geto suguru and gojo satoru.

જ⁀➴ word count: 2,6k

જ⁀➴ tags: fluff, pregnancy, birth, babies, domestic jjk men, they're all your husbands, them being perfect.

જ⁀➴ note: not proofread, some of these are a bit unrealistic, but keep in mind that it's fiction and i don't have a baby.

°˖➴ when your baby smiles for the first time: [nanami kento]

Birth was a blessing in itself, but having a partner as supportive as Kento made everything worth it, down to the sleepless nights you have been spending trying to get used to your baby’s constant need to be cuddled, fed and taken care of. You were frustrated, it was pretty evident by the tears welling up in your eyes every two seconds along with how you simply refused to be near anyone but your baby and Kento. Thankfully, he was always the one coaxing you to get out of the bed and sit on the balcony, have a full meal and relax while he took care of the baby.

On the outside, it seemed as though Kento had everything under control, and that nothing could affect him as long as you were okay. He never cried when you did (beside when he held the baby for the first time), and he made sure to validate your every frustration and fear, all while telling you that everything will be okay.

Which brings us to this moment, with both of you sitting on the couch with your baby on his lap. One of your favorite things about these nights was that Kento never skipped them and always made sure to play with your baby for a bit before helping you put her to bed. Even when he was incredibly exhausted.

Kento rocked your baby back and forth, enjoying the happy and curious noises leaving your daughter’s mouth. Your husband’s pointer was gently tracing her face, humming a soft tune about how adorable she was all while helping her be more aware of her body.

synopsis. the first years find old videos burned onto a dvd of you, satoru, shoko, and geto from 2005/6.

wc. 2.7k

tags. gojo x reader, you+shoko+gojo+geto being in the same year and besties, set in the present and past, fluff

"is it recording?" asked one muffled but familiar voice. the screen was black, the camera covered by something or someone. the pitch was marginally higher than they were used to but yuji and nobara grinned at each other as they recognised the voice of their teacher.

"how can anyone see when you're holding it like that?" this one was more feminine and unfamiliar to the two - but not for megumi who smiled sadly at the laptop screen.

"give it to me idiots," this was another female voice. there was some more chattering in the background but the audio hadn’t been picked up over the rustling of the camera being passed around. then, for a moment, the screen goes completely white as it focused on the figure in front: shoko ieiri. 

she turned the camera around so it was looking at her three peers all wearing the same sheepish grins. "you hadn't even taken off the lens cover." 

“it was satoru’s fault,” the other female sorcerer accused the white haired boy next to her.

“no it wasn’t!” gojo whined, geto on the other side of him stifling a laugh at his childish mannerisms. he looked in disbelief that his best friend was not defending him, “why am i always the scapegoat?”

I NEED PART 2 Pls pls

x : QUIET LOVE :*+ﾟ

in which: neuvillette doesn't understand human emotion, but a quiet night after a bustling gala with you might help him.

Gatherings in Fontaine are nothing short of magnificent. The nation of justice will never shy away from a party that reeks of grandeur and extraordinaire, with crystal chandeliers dripping from the ceiling, flowing gowns, and slicked-back hair. With an archon as dramatic as Furina herself, what else can the citizens of Fontaine expect?

Except for a long life such as Neuvillette himself, he has seen this scene one too many times. Gazing out amongst the sea of people, there is an ocean of unfamiliar faces, a sight that doesn’t bring him much peace. It’s not that Neuvillette does not enjoy interacting with humans- even if he’s not so good at doing so, but being amongst so many at once is the unpleasant part.

Despite his distaste for these kinds of bustling environments, he still thinks it’s good manners to attend, even if he will leave after an hour or two. 

Yet, it has been half an hour past the two hour mark, and yet the Iudex still has not seen himself out because there is a particular someone that he is hoping to catch the eye of. Someone who is worth all this extra trouble and socialisation. 

The melusines frequently run back to Neuvillette, concern and curiosity animated in their expressions as they ask their beloved father figure why he is still present. Their questions get brushed off by the Chief of Justice, who merely thanks them for checking up on him before telling them that there is no need to be worried, he is merely waiting for something. Or rather, someone. 

the gojo stans coming together comforting each other and making theories i love u guys

cw. fluff, very chivalrious men just pampering you, ooc neuvillette? (pre-release, i haven't seen any leaks of him)

WE ARE A PAIR

summary — The Chief Justice never saw himself as the type to be in love with someone. Yet, here he is, cherishing someone.

cw — gn!reader; he’s a big softie; mentions of harassement

includes — Neuvillette

notes — I am totally simping for him without any shame

mlist

word count — 2.2k

requested ? no

. The renowned Chief Justice of Fontaine, Neuvillette, the ideal father for the Melusines and the Hydro Dragon. He is a lot of things indeed. Yet, for you he is simply your partner. Someone a bit clumsy with his own feelings and who still tries to understand human nature to be the best lover possible for you.

. Quite comical if we have to be honest. He is, without a doubt, already the lover you ever dreamed off. Gentleman by nature, there will not be a day during which he would unconsciously dote on you. Be it buying some sweets for you or your daily kiss on the forehead, no day will go but without the remembrance that this dragon does love you unconditionally.

"You suffered. I'm sorry."

Family reunion 🌊🦦

guess who wants to (honkai: star) rail another dragon man. there is also (un)fortunately no (star) railing in this.

written pre 1.3 so i’m making shit up for now. (this is also full of vidyadhara headcanons)

in which you find dan heng unable to sleep, you have an awkward conversation, and then he becomes somewhat dragon-brained. twice.

4.2K words (lmao this is way longer than i meant it to be)

you’re not the trailblazer, just another laddie aboard the express.

btw, i bullshited a good chunk of the dialogue and events, so apologies if this is shite. i might've also committed character vehicular manslaughter, in that he might be ooc. lol fingers crossed it's aight.

despite the quiet of the night, you had drifted from your sleep. it had been painfully light as of recent, leaving you adrift in the shallows while you’d toss and turn for a comfortable position. could you really be blamed though? yes, the looming threat of phantylia had been taken out, and everyone from the express that went aboard the luofu had been reunited after what felt like weeks. but you were still in the thick of an intricate web of chaos. the threats were far from over, not with the stellaron still active. but at least for now, you had enough time in this brief respite to be able to not fucking sleep.

you rolled over. you were more or less itching with restlessness, sighing to yourself quietly over your woes of no sleep. you rose from your mussed bed and hobbled out of the room. it was a quaint little place—where you had stayed when it was just the express crew (minus dan heng), when you'd first met tingyun. after that, everything happened like a landslide. memories of her sudden death quickly boiled their way up. with each step you took, you stamped them back down again.

out in the small hallway, you made your way towards the small courtyard out the back. as you walked past the other rooms, you were a little jealous at the sounds of others sleeping. from mr. yang's and march’s respective rooms was the odd, soft snore. from stelle’s room, there was nothing (which was to be expected, as you often found her out messing with the cycrane systems at night). as you walked past dan heng’s room, you were expecting more silence—which you were of course met with, but also a slitted door. you peered through into the darkness. from the dim hallway light, it seemed he had also tried and failed at sleep if his abandoned, nest-like sheets were anything to go by.

my place!

he couldn't sleep.

as his sister sleeps peacefully besides him he kept staring at the ceiling hoping at some point sleep will catch him. well that went on for an almost an hour nothing successful. 

that when he decided to get up as quite as possible, avoiding to wake up tsumiki on the other side, closing the door behind him. as he walked a figure of a woman ahead of him cleaning the table of the kitchen and humming a random song, she didn't seem to notice megumi for a while.

he would never admit it but he liked her a lot, ever since she stepped in both his live and tsumiki has been a lot better. he finally got someone else to help with the homework, someone carry the house of little tsumiki shoulders so that she can focus more on her studies. he got more better at school and with the delicious meals welcoming them every day. their live had never been better.

but there's only problem. her lover was the most annoying unreasonable creature to be made. satoru gojo, that man can't cook to save his live, and he mix the white laundry with the color one, and doesn't bother to get any cleaning done. and he only walks them out of school just because his dear girlfriend asked him to.

he sometimes wonders what the hell did she see in him.

as she noticed his small form she straight up walked to him, "megumi, are you okay? did you have a nightmare or something?" asking as she kneeled down to meet his eyes, did he also mention she was so kind that he sometimes gets so overwhelmed with it. 

"no, just couldn't sleep." he say and she sighs with relief.

"i was wondering if i could stay up with you." she seemed hesitant for a moment but thinking about it, it wasn't a school night and she wasn't sleeping until satrou get back. maybe it's better than staying up alone all night, a little time with him wouldn't hurt.

she's the first to sat with patting the space beside her for him to sit, but instead he jumped on her lap making himself comfortable, she was surprised for a second then warped her arms around him gently.

he didn't know why he sat on her lap he just did it, and he felt an off warm thing in his chest not the feeling that make him want to throw up but the other one that brought him a small unnoticeable smile. they sat there watching a tv cartoon that little megumi enjoyed.

until the door slammed so hard that caused him to jump a little and hold tight on the arms around him, the tall white haired man stands there for a while he looked exhausted, his usual annoying smile was nowhere to be found rather a dead expression on his face, staring at nothing he closed the door and walked up to them.

"can't you knock? you could've waked up tsumiki." megumi asked annoyed with gojo's sudden behavior more annoyed that he didn't knowledge megumi's comment, but a hand gently held his shoulder and he turned to face her.

"megumi, do you mind getting a cup of water?" he hesitated for a moment, but eventually listened and got down from her warmth, mumbling how he only did it because she asked on his way.

she turned to satoru's face whose eyes were hidden behind his sunglasses, she moved aside for him to sit but instead he thrown himself on the whole couch taking all space and his head resting on her lap, his breathing normal now and muscles are resting. 

she took off his sunglasses putting on the table. her hand gently brushed his hair then moved touching his face, his palm resting on her hand and his eyes are half closed like he was ready to fall asleep any moment.

"hard day?"

"you have no idea." his voice was rusty, must been a hard on.

"hey!, that's my place." the little boy stepped angrily threatening to spell the water.

"get lost brat."

"i was here first." megumi objected, trying te grab gojo, but damn was he heavy.

"my girl, my place. go sit on the other couch."

the little boy huffed angrily then looked at satour's beloved for help but she only gave him a 'sorry' smile.

he stormed off angrily to sit on the other couch, he's lucky that he was on her save arms because megumi would have smashed his head with the glass of water.

"hold up, isn't that past your bedtime?"

"shut up."