Pinatasfullofbees
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“As if I have any eye for art,” Mydei replies.
Castorice rolls her eyes. “As if plating isn’t just sculpture with food.”
He opens his mouth to fire back a snide rejoinder, realizes she’s right, and holds his tongue instead. She’s doing him a favor, forcing him out of his house, one of his only friends who’s stuck with him over the past year of tremendous, never-ending grief. No one knows how to deal with a widower’s pain and loss. No one wants to. But Castorice has faced even more death than he has, and she hasn’t let him pull away from the world despite his attempts.
After the unexpected death of his partner, Khaslana, about a year ago, Mydei meets photographer Phainon at a gallery exhibition he's forced to attend by his friend, Castorice. Unexpected sparks fly between them as they grow closer through Phainon's photography.
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21 Feb 2026
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once more to see you by velvetcrowbars
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
12 Dec 2025
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“The purpose of marriage in Kremnos is to continue a bloodline. The more accolades you collect on the battlefield, the more valuable you are to your family. Very few are privileged enough to marry for love. Love is…reserved for the one you're bound to by your heart, not by the decree of the law.”
“Is that not the same person, usually?”
Mydei lifts his eyes to Phainon’s, and he freezes, as if pinned in place.
“No,” Mydei says, with as much weight as it deserves.
He swears he hears Phainon swallow.
“Oh...”
On a night like any other, in one of Amphoreus's many cycles, Mydei and Phainon discuss everyone's marriage but their own.
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- Part 13 of atlas, my lover
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20 Jan 2026
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“I yield,” his dry voice croaked. Still, he tilted his head into his smirk and his back arched, like he was laid in silken sheets and not dirt. Like a taunt. “So what will be your prize, Mydeimos.”
“I want you,” Mydei drawled, low and rough right in the shell of Phainon’s ear, “to give me everything you’ve got.”
“Whatever the victor demands of me.”
Even if the fate of Amphoreus was no longer hanging in the balance, any good spar needs stakes. For Mydei and Phainon it’s simple: the victor can make any demand of the defeated.
When Mydei requests that Phainon give him everything they both know what he really wants. That form tempered by Destruction, which Phainon kept so carefully hidden away. There’s no better way to help Phainon overcome his fears of himself.
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- Part 4 of After the pale dawn breaks
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15 Dec 2025
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"Excuse me," Mydei replies with a deep softness that sits heavy in Phainon's chest, "are you asking me to stop?"
Phainon blinks. He can't believe his ears.
"Stop?" A chuckle falls from his parted lips. "Oh, Mydeimos, I believe we've only just begun."
Mydei smiles, a true, beautiful thing, and cups Phainon's chin. "Do you want me to lead, or would you prefer it if I kept following?"
Swallowing thickly, Phainon tangled his fingers in the small hairs on Mydei's neck and murmured against his lips. "I want whatever you are willing to give to me. Anything."
"Then," Mydei rumbled and pressed their lips together firmly this time, "let us continue our dance without the watchful eye of allies and enemies alike."
Phainon nods minutely. "Lead the way."
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A special "nighttime" gala that is held only once every century commences. Phainon is determined to to confess his feelings to a certain Kremnoan prince. It's all a game, their usual back and forth, until it isn't, and both of them find themselves in far deeper than they could have imagined.
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15 Dec 2025
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Without another word, Mydei turns toward the hallway and heads for the bedroom. He can hear Phainon's footsteps trailing behind him.
At the bedroom door, Mydei hesitates, blinking through the haze at the dim shape of his bed. "I…only have one bed."
"Oh no," Phainon says dryly. "The horror."
OR, after one unforgettable night in the temple, Mydei realizes he's picked up a supernatural stray who happily settled in, has no understanding of boundaries, and acts like he belongs wherever Mydei is.
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- Part 2 of Thrashing on the Line
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02 Dec 2025