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Nothing (and Everything) by amarisllis
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
22 Aug 2024
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“Why have you kept it?”
Aventurine tenses, breath hitching as Ratio skims one finger over the familiar markings on his neck. The ones that brand him nothing, a slave for others to do with as they wish. He doesn't need a mirror to know they stand out starkly against the light, that they refuse to fade even with the most expensive makeup in the world trying to hide them.
Before, he used to try. He used to go as far as slashing at his own neck, hoping the blood would be enough to wash them away. But now…
“It…” He takes a deep, shaky breath. “It reminds me,” he finally says, his voice echoing in the quiet. “I was nothing. I can be nothing again.”
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12 Dec 2024
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Pull Me Back (Or I'll Be Lost Forever) by amarisllis
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
02 Sep 2024
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Aventurine glances at Ratio, doing his best not to let his nerves show. After a moment, he clears his throat, trying again. “Sir—”
“Oh he is a divine specimen, good sir, where in the universe did you buy him?”
Aventurine stops breathing, every atom in his body freezing to ice all at once. His face pales, even as he tries to hide it, but the man is standing right in front of him now, looking at him with an all too familiar expression that Aventurine thought he would never have to see again.
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or: a misunderstanding sends Aventurine spiraling. It's up to Ratio to pull him back.Bookmarked by Astrellum
12 Dec 2024
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The Sum of One and the Root of Five, Over Two by ExoticAlmonde
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
09 Jun 2024
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Some people are capable of pushing through it by giving themselves time to forget. Others, need that time to learn that what was done to them was terrible to begin with.
It is a long road through the doors of selective amnesia - the ones that hold the memories which hurt you the most. Remembrance is pain and it is impossible to reach for on your own. That’s why it remains locked away–somewhere safe until the time you can digest itIt isn’t fair to live in a constant state of survival. It’s also cruel when that feeling of forced strength is stripped away from you by somebody else. Showing vulnerability, too, is a painful process, one which requires great care and mental fortitude.
In many cases, people are forced to move forth regardless, never having the time or the support they need to take that initial, aiding step.Ratio had vowed to himself - Aventurine would never have to be alone again.
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- Part 6 of Eve's Hoyoverse ThreadFics 2024 Edition
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21 Nov 2024
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— Мое имя, — Авантюрин решает все за него, возвращая лист бумаги обратно на стол, и расстегивает пуговицы на манжетах рубашки. — Стоп-слово — мое настоящее имя.
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09 Nov 2024
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The Art of Letting Your Guard Down by amarisllis
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
01 Nov 2024
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He’s never known what it’s like before now, to want someone so badly that you would let them steal the very breath from your lungs.
Veritas hums again, breaking away from Aventurine’s mouth and holding fast when Aventurine leans up to chase his lips again. Instead of kissing him back, Veritas simply turns Aventurine’s head gently so that their eyes meet in the mirror again.
“Do you see that I wish to love you as you are, instead of as you pretend to be?”
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the one where Aventurine tears down his last wallBookmarked by Astrellum
02 Nov 2024