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Lithopus 🔞

@lithopus.bsky.social

Excerpt from my rough draft for Chapter 5 of "testing, testing" (🔞)—this is from the second scene in the fic, and I'm currently working on the fourth (and final) scene.

Kaveh might have a slight issue with, ah, kink-shaming himself:

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“You’re sure you’re alright?” Alhaitham asks. Kaveh nods, and Alhaitham doesn’t look entirely convinced—but he merely sighs and takes Kaveh’s hand again. “Where to?”

“Oh.” Kaveh’s chest flutters strangely, and he feels like the warmth of Alhaitham’s hand is spreading through his entire body, soothing the limbs that want to lock up in terror. “Ah, you mentioned those toys from Fontaine, right? I don’t have anything else I want to buy tonight, so why don’t we look at those?”

Alhaitham leads him on a loop around the marketplace to reach the shop, doubling back past the bondage stall and circling twice as long the other direction—and Kaveh belatedly realizes he’s taking a path that avoids going past the impact play display.

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It doesn’t matter whether Kaveh looks at the things, though. He still can’t stop thinking about how he imagined hurting the man who’s walking alongside him and enjoyed it. Worse, Alhaitham probably thinks that Kaveh’s anxiety surrounding impact play is due to being too softhearted to strike Alhaitham with something, or because Kaveh is afraid of being on the receiving end. He’s wasting pity on Kaveh when he should be repelled, holding his hand to guide him when he’d be better off putting distance between them.

Because there’s no way Alhaitham is interested in being on the receiving end of significant pain during sex. He feels utterly miserable if a single grain of sand gets in his shoes, so why would he ever willingly subject himself to even worse discomfort? Kaveh doesn’t even think sadomasochism is on their list. He’s pretty sure he marked it as a “no” when he saw it on the original list of options, because he couldn’t fathom hurting Alhaitham or wanting to be hurt by him.

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How could he have been so stupidly, despicably wrong about himself?

Alhaitham squeezes his hand. “Have I lost you?”

“What?” Kaveh’s fingers twitch uncertainly within Alhaitham’s grasp. “Oh. I’m fine, just…thinking.”

“It doesn’t seem like that’s going well.”

February 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM

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bwaughh

@swampbaby.bsky.social

#ivantill I had a lot of fun with this 🖤💚

October 28, 2024 at 1:57 PM

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mikan @ vgen comms

@mikanchii.bsky.social

mirror 🪞 + light 💡

so glad to see them again in the event quest!

#GenshinImpact #Alhaitham #Kaveh

October 26, 2024 at 8:28 AM

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EGG 💜 Local Cryptid

@edgygamergal.com

I wish all exhausted artists a very "may you rediscover the joy of drawing"

October 27, 2024 at 3:45 PM

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Littleevil0ne *COMMS OPEN*

@littleevil0ne.bsky.social

Hey I really like this labeler which puts your chosen pronouns next to your name and let's you see others pronouns on the post. Subscribe to it then go to posts and like the post with your pronouns bsky.app/profile/pron...

bsky.app

October 27, 2024 at 10:38 PM

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meyo 🌸

@meyoco.bsky.social

☁️ dreamy drinks ☁️

October 27, 2024 at 12:34 PM

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🤠💕

@sunflowerbebe.bsky.social

BABY’S FIRST ZHONGCHILI

archiveofourown.org/works/60044704

October 25, 2024 at 6:52 PM

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Flamingo

@flamingopunch.bsky.social

#ratiorine
baseball 🍑

October 20, 2024 at 5:46 AM

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allu

@actuallu.bsky.social

ONE LAST KISS #ratiorine
full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSHO...

October 22, 2024 at 11:57 AM

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♡;; CAM

@tanukified.bsky.social

I have decided I still really like this comic
[1/2]
#wrioney

October 24, 2024 at 2:12 PM

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kannamora

@kannamora.bsky.social

Glimpse of Love 💖
#Aventurine #DrRatio #HonkaiStarRail

October 22, 2024 at 11:38 AM

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𝐼𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑦 (C6 🌱🏛️ haver)

@ivoryinteyvat.bsky.social

Dr. Ratio's dreampeek call, hm?

#DrRatio #Aventurine #Ratiorine

October 24, 2024 at 1:52 AM

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cruellae || astral express era

@cruellae.bsky.social

my #haikaveh fic "contingency plans" is finally complete!

relevant tag: love confessions
bonus tag: Alhaitham writes the world's worst love letter part 2

archiveofourown.org/works/589806...

Of course Alhaitham is there waiting to ambush him when he comes home, handing him a bundle of flowers as soon as he gets his cloak off.

“What are these?” Kaveh asks, dumbly holding the bouquet of padisarahs.

“You were in my same Intro to Botany course, so I know that you know what they are,” Alhaitham replies.

“You’re so pedantic,” Kaveh huffs, rolling his eyes. “I mean, what are they for?”

“For you.”

Kaveh’s heart does a slight somersault, and he discreetly presses a hand to his chest. Ever since Alhaitham left him that terrible note, he’s been having odd heart palpitations brought on by the annoyance of Alhaitham’s presence. These are usually accompanied by a hot blush and an inability to form a complete sentence.

He doesn’t know what Alhaitham is doing to cause all that, but he’s sure it’s on purpose.

October 23, 2024 at 2:12 PM

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tuttle 🐢

@tuttlebirdy.bsky.social

"Do you see that star cluster?”

Ratio’s voice softened. The man’s deep voice always sounded irresistibly lovely when he was immersed in something he found interesting.

“It’s called Amara’s Crown.”
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Chpt 3 is up~ #ratiorine
archiveofourown.org/works/59820790

October 22, 2024 at 6:05 PM