At the very end of the Fourth Harbinger's countless duties and reports, she finally makes her way to the Eleventh's quarters in the palace, a hydro vision in hand. She has heard of plenty of rumours about Childe's condition — as much as
the Fatui has tried to keep their ranks calm, almost everyone knows that he is badly hurt.
What they do not know — what only the high-ranking officials and the harbingers know — is that the Eleventh's injuries are grave. He is still on the edge, fighting for his life,
Jan 31, 2023 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
beta childe is not good at expressing emotions, but he is a good boy, so before he leaves liyue on the tsaritsa’s orders after 1.1, he makes it a point to return everyone’s kindness the best he can. he forages a basket of rare herbs and ingredients and exotic meats for xiangling
with a simple — some would say plain — ‘thank you’ note. he forgets to write his name. to lumine and paimon, the tusks that they like to collect, and a couple of easy snezhnayan recipes for the journey ahead. he neglects to write his name again.
Jan 28, 2023 • 58 tweets • 11 min read
#zhongchi modern au
**TW: mentions of abuse, bullying, selfharm**
Hundreds of students pass through his lecture hall every year but Zhongli remembers each and every one. His colleagues are irked by his memory.
Some students, of course, leave a deeper impression than others.
He will never forget the red-haired exchange student from Snezhnaya with hollow blue eyes. He was always alone, because the other students were afraid of him — and he did not try to talk to him.
His name was Ajax, and he was full of scars. Some old and some new, on his hands,
Jan 19, 2023 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
#zhongchi lantern rite reunion 🏵️
thinking about childe coming to liyue in secret during the lantern rite, disguised as a fatui pyro agent, mask and hood pulled over his face. it's just before midnight, before the fireworks, and the sky is aglow with the light of the lanterns,
the streets are bustling. he loves the warm, gentle sea breeze — and his chest constricts at how at home he feels, even if it's been two years.
along the way to the bank, he catches sight of xiangling cooking energetically. he sees member of the qixing out in the streets
Jan 11, 2023 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
#zhongchi thoughts
imagine a fourteen-year-old ajax in the abyss. in the face of death, he looks into the void and sees his whole life ahead, the fate that awaits him. he knows what will happen he returns to the surface — the looks on his parents' faces as they send him away.
he sees the blood on his hands, and those that will commend him for it. ajax dies and tartaglia — childe comes to be. mission after mission flashes before his eyes, he sees the soldiers, the people, his enemies. and then, there is a vast change in scenery, and suddenly,
Childe is the lowest ranking of eleven nobles in the Tsaritsa’s court. He knows he isn’t favoured, so he tries to keep to himself and out of everyone’s way, spending most of his time training, or disappearing into the city, dressed as a commoner.
That is how he meets Zhongli, the well-mannered and devastatingly handsome funeral consultant visiting from Liyue. He is helping a friend, the elderly fisherman Alexei, unload the day’s catch from his rickety old ship, when he hears a commotion.
Dec 14, 2022 • 38 tweets • 7 min read
#zhongchi chonkli au
in which childe dies in zhongli's arms. his senses are corrupted; he cannot hear or see, yet he calls zhongli's name again and again. zhongli holds him close, tries to comfort him, let him know that he is here, but childe is lost in his nightmare to the end.
and then, childe is gone — just like that. the memory of the mortal going colder and quieter in his arms haunts him. he is there, for hours, days, hugging childe tightly, desperately, as though if he held on long enough, warmth would return to the harbinger's body.
Nov 25, 2022 • 48 tweets • 8 min read
#zhongchi reincarnation modern au
tw: gz, angst
Zhongli was the one who found him at the end, lying on a beach, his body half in the water, blood and life slipping away. Childe was watching the sunset, and thinking of his siblings, and Zhongli, and all the decisions he'd made,
when a warm hand touches his forehead. Zhongli gently gathers him into his arms, pulling him away from the water.
When he looks up into golden eyes, he feels all the anger, and the loneliness, and the heartbreak simply melt away. "Zhongli," he whispers happily,
Beta Childe has a hard time with emotions. He's been like this since returning from the Abyss. His parents think a demon took his soul and he is no longer Ajax, most of his subordinates are frightened or disturbed by him, and his colleagues hate
talking to him. His younger siblings are the only ones who go near him, but sometimes he makes them sad because he reacts the wrong way.
But Zhongli is different. Zhongli is special. Zhongli calls him 'Childe' with no disdain, Zhongli always asks if he is well, if he is hungry,
His fingers dig into the bedsheets, tears leak from his eyes, and his mouth hangs open, drooling pathetically as white liquid explodes from his trembling, swollen cock. A sob tears itself from
his throat as he feels something hot being released — and shoved deep into his body with quick, short thrusts. He does his best to push himself onto his elbows, to turn and face Zhongli, to directly plead the god to let him 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, but a large hand pushes down on his neck,
Nov 3, 2022 • 38 tweets • 7 min read
#zhongchi isekai au
tw: past married gz, temporary character death
Zhongli walks up the podium with her. She is gorgeous and he is devastatingly handsome, and it feels like his heart is breaking with every step.
It is how things are supposed to be.
Zhongli is an acclaimed researcher and university. She is a highly respected, much loved archaeologist.
And Childe — Childe is just the coffee shop part-timer Zhongli decided to befriend. Childe never understood why. He was expelled from high school, estranged from his family,
Oct 26, 2022 • 26 tweets • 5 min read
#zhongchi childe is a broken weapon au
tw: dark, heavy angst, injury, trauma, self-indulgence
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It is a cold, quiet night when Lumine knocks on the door of his house. Zhongli has not seen her in months, but even before he greets her he senses that something is wrong.
She looks gaunt and tired. Paimon looks utterly terrified. She asks if they may enter, and Zhongli immediately opens the door wider. As they huddle on the sofa speaking softly, Zhongli prepares a pot of tea. Lumine and Paimon do not touch their cups. Instead,
Oct 6, 2022 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
#zhongchi post-1.1 angst
tw: childe loses his voice
His world is still spinning when he finally manages to croak out,
“Zhongli — “
But the god is not looking at him. Perhaps he never had. He is deep in conversation with the Traveller and her
floating companion. It is as if Childe doesn’t exist. Like he was never really here.
“Oh, well,” he whispers to himself, to nobody, failing painfully at some semblance of a smile, “I’ll try again later.”
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He tries to salvage their relationship — friendship, whatever
Oct 1, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
After the Eighth Harbinger and the Traveller leave, Zhongli takes a deep breath, bracing himself for the worst. He is prepared to be condemned, to be shouted at, to be despised, and even perhaps to be stabbed through several times. He is ready to take everything Childe wants —
needs to throw at him. He runs through the things he wants to say, but when he turns around to look at the harbinger for the first time that day — all the words are gone.
Childe is standing there, very still. There is no emotion in his face,
Sep 21, 2022 • 30 tweets • 6 min read
#zhongchi angst brainrot fic
when i think about 1.1 sometimes i think what if zhongli really does not care about childe. he only spent time with childe because observing mortals is what he likes to do, and to feed him info about rex lapis and liyue and keep an eye on one of the
most important pieces in his final game as Morax. at the end, he watches curiously as the mortal’s heart crumbles, not understanding why childe is so hurt by his deception when he is a cunning, powerful harbinger himself. he has an even harder time understanding why
Sep 19, 2022 • 49 tweets • 9 min read
#zhongchi / 🔞 / ABO / nesting
i’ve been reading a lot of omegaverse manga & started thinking about zc having intense rough mind-blowing segs before osial & the bank, and zl, all out of self-control, bites and marks childe as his mate (w: not his first)
but ofc 1.1 goes down &
zc become estranged — zl knows he has hurt childe deeply with his deception but he doesn’t know how to repair the rift, and childe understands now that zl was only playing with him, all the while aware of his identity. but his neck has been marked, he is forever bonded to a god
Zhongli does not remember the last time he has felt so light. For an entire afternoon he forgets about the devastating regret and heartache, and runs about the harbour with the twins. They react with awe at
every little thing, braver now with the consultant to accompany them. Zhongli does not mind that they can’t really decide on anything, or that they spend too long lingering outside a toy store, when he sees the curiosity and genuine interest sparkle in their ocean eyes.
Zhongli is returning, heavy-hearted, from a meeting with the Qixing when he sees them.
Two small boys being chased out of the new crafts shop on Feiyun Slope. The owner runs after them, wringing an angry fist.
“Come back here!”
“No way, old man!” one of the boys yells back, sticking his tongue out. They skid past Zhongli, and the consultant firmly slots himself in between the children and the shop owner. One of the boys stops and turns around, blinking in confusion.
Sep 6, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
#zhongchi angst threadfic pt 2
warnings: mpreg, sad childe
“Y - you have done enough. I am grateful for your help; I will leave Liyue immediately, so…”
“Where will you go? You are in no state to take care of yourself, much less a baby,” Ping says sternly.
“If I did not find you, the /both/ of you would’ve died of hypothermia in the gutter.”
The harbinger is silent and looks very lost.
Ping sighs. “Do not worry. I have no plans to throw you out into the street.”
