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As Kaveh sorts the jugs into two groupings—one for the punch bowl and one for the drain—a bell chimes, clattering against the front door.
“We’re about to close,” Tighnari snaps at the entering customer.
Kaveh springs to his feet and positions himself behind the register.
“How can I help—”
You.
The customer is halfway to the counter when their eyes lock, and time stops. The man’s shoulders stiffen. Heterochromatic eyes—teal and orange, fire and water, familiar as the breath in Kaveh’s mouth, as the freckle above his left knee—widen with shock and a little disbelief. His mouth drops open, slack, and Kaveh thinks, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him speechless before.
Oh, gods.
Kaveh thought he’d never see Alhaitham again.
After a year without contact, Alhaitham wanders into Kaveh's coffee shop.
Kaveh wants nothing to do with him — he already has enough problems. But Alhaitham's determined to give him just one more, and perhaps solve a few in the process.
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28 Dec 2025
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Alarm overtook Kaveh’s expression as he looked back and forth between Alhaitham and the matra, dropping his sketchpad and leaping to his feet. “Why is there a guard here? Did you get hurt?”
“Some idiot decided poisoning me to obtain state secrets would be an optimal use of a Tuesday morning,” Alhaitham replied with a deep sigh.
Kaveh’s hands hovered uselessly in the air for a few moments as he stared at Alhaitham. “I’m sorry, what?”
Leaning back against the wall, Alhaitham let out a weary exhale. “Truth serum,” he said tiredly, raking his fingers through his hair then dropping his hand down to rub his throat. “I can’t lie.”
Kaveh’s eyes widened. “Oh my gods. Are you - are you okay?” Hurrying forward, Kaveh - with his blessedly fully covered legs - guided Alhaitham onto the divan, hands steady despite the panic in his voice.
“I don’t know. I’m just glad you’re wearing pants,” was all Alhaitham managed to answer.
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25 Dec 2025
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17-1562 TCX Mandarin Red by velvetred (tealgold)
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
20 Dec 2025
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One uneventful day, Aether takes a particular interest in Xiao’s makeup.
Prompt 2: Slanted
eyes/eyelinerSeries
- Part 2 of subtlety
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24 Dec 2025
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The ticket came in on Monday at 9:13 AM before Sandrone even had the chance to take a single sip of her freshly-steeped tea, and in retrospect, that was where things all started to go wrong.
Hello. I am having difficulty with my laptop, the ticket read. The little pointer that I click things with has stopped moving.
Sent from my Dodo Phone
With a long-suffering sigh, Sandrone typed, Have you tried turning it off and on, and pressed send.
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18 Dec 2025
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because of you, because of me by dizzy
Fandoms: Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (Video Blogging RPF)
16 Dec 2025
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Phil realized his superpower when he was seven years old. He can summon a single pigeon any time and place he wants. Useless, but kind of fun.
It takes Dan until he's thirty-four to figure out what his power really is.
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17 Dec 2025