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After what felt like hours, Nahida lowers herself gently back onto the floor, breaking her hand formation. She holds her pointer finger to her mouth. She appears deep in thought, contemplating on what to say. Then, she turns to Al-Haitham, her eyes unwavering.
Al-Haitham stares back. Nahida was one of the two people he could not read consistently.
Finally, she says, her words hanging in the air with an ominous weight, “He is dreaming. And he is falling deeper and deeper.
or, where Al-Haitham delves through his and Kaveh's dreams and memories to bring him home again.
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There is a heart-shaped mark at the base of Al-Haitham's tail Kaveh swears he's never seen before.
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20 Sep 2025
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“Why did you want to talk to me?”
“Maybe I was feeling nostalgic. Or maybe I just missed you. Is that so unbelievable?”
This version of Kaveh, Al-Haitham is familiar with: maudlin and pathetic. “It’s been years,” Al-Haitham says evenly. “I thought you got over me when you stopped sending me those terrible voicemails.”
Kaveh drops his head onto the table with a thud. “Don’t remind me."
Al-Haitham hasn't spoken to Kaveh in seven years. One night, Kaveh appears in his dreams.
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pomp and circumstance by luminvies for moonsteps
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Dec 2023
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“Coming!” Al-Haitham calls, navigating the maze of packing peanuts and crates. He undoes the latch on the door and lets it swing open, fully expecting to see the bearded face of his landlord only to be met with the vermillion-eyed face of somebody he had given up hope on seeing for the rest of his life.
There’s a long moment of silence. The aching swell of Vivaldi in the background and the rushing in his ears like the ocean waves.
“...Kaveh?”
Kaveh, globally-renowned musician, disappears off the face of Teyvat. Five years later, he shows up outside of Al-Haitham's door with no explanation but to ask for a bed to sleep in.
It's fine. They only have thirteen years of history, after all.
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28 Dec 2023
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“Simple set theory,” Alhaitham says, nodding. “Unless (A) equals (B), set (A+B) will always be smaller than sets (A) and (B) separately. I am aware of that, yes.”
Kaveh clicks his tongue. “Well, I hope you are also aware that with all these requirements, you don’t get a set (A+B), or even (A+B+C). Yours is a set comprised of the entire Sumerian alphabet!”
Kaveh has had enough of Alhaitham always loitering around the house. In an attempt to get Alhaitham to go out more often, he jokingly tells him to start dating someone. Much to Kaveh’s shock, Alhaitham agrees—and promptly assigns him as his personal matchmaker. And even though Alhaitham’s requirements for his ideal partner are annoyingly specific, Kaveh refuses to back down from a good challenge. He’s confident in his abilities—that is, until his own feelings start getting in the way...
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09 Dec 2023
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Kaveh has achieved so much today, it should be fine to do this much for himself. It should be fine to enjoy this much. There is absolutely nothing that Al-Haitham could possibly do to ruin this day!
Of course, this is when Al-Haitham chooses to walk in covered in blood.
Kaveh has enough troubles on his plate even without dealing with his confusing relationship with and unfortunately lingering feelings for his stubborn, infuriating roommate. But when a strange conspiracy begins closing in on Al-Haitham and threatening the precarious balance of their daily lives, Kaveh finds himself having to reevaluate the nature of their relationship and reckon with the ghosts of the past.
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There’s never really a good time, way, or reason to tell Kaveh about his long-lived, amoral, exiled, criminal ex-partner — who, Al-Haitham will note, was not any of those things at the time they were involved.
However, there is definitely a worst way for Kaveh to find out.
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07 Dec 2023