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    “I like the kind of person who doesn’t flinch when I look them in the eye, who doesn’t back down.” Childe’s grip on his tie tightens, eye to eye, blue to gold. “Someone strong enough to match me and ambitious enough to enjoy the...challenge.”

    Zhongli’s rationality is swallowed by that soft ocean scent, his lungs clogged by the shimmering heat that drenches the air.

    “Is that what you are?” he murmurs. “A challenge?”

    “I think you’ll find, Mr. Zhongli, that I am the greatest challenge you will ever face.” Childe’s lips are a sin, hovering over his, apple-sweet temptation. “Will you back down now?”

    And Zhongli, cursing himself, does not back down.

    Childe is a dangerous crime boss threatening the peace of Liyue. Zhongli is the retired intelligence agent sent to infiltrate his organization and bring him to justice.

    But beneath Childe’s many masks, Zhongli finds a lost soul who yearns for redemption, and beyond Zhongli’s steadfast duty, Childe finds a tired soldier who yearns for a home.

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    18 Jun 2025

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    Without merging
    As this slim necklace is anchored into night
    ("Bridge through my window" by Audre Lorde)

    "Something as incandescent as anger, though not quite as piercing. As deep as interest, though not quite as fleeting… No record of that expression existed in her memory.

    Still, Sucrose felt like it sang along the flame that pleasantly brought back warmth to her body."

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    Jason Todd thought he’d buried his trauma in a book no one would ever find—especially not someone in the Batcave. But when he walks in and sees Tim reading it, everything threatens to unravel faster than a broken spine.

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