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He could no longer understand the words. No longer comprehend their presence.
Only the emotion. Only the feeling. Only the heaviness in his chest.
Love.
Enough to fuel the hate he held onto for eternity.
Enough to survive millions of cycles forevermore.
Enough to follow him even here, at the very edge as he lost himself surrounded by the people he swore to fulfill the wishes of, to the ultimate end.
His final coherent thought came softly.
Not fear. Not regret.
Only love.
The last threads of his soul tore apart... and the Deliverer lost awareness of the world.
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or; An introspective oneshot where Phainon, in all his broken pieces in the aftermath of Irontomb's defeat and Amphoreus' creation, learns to decide and truly live for himself. A long, arduous journey home, where his beloved and family are waiting for him to come back.
You are loved, Phainon of Aedes Elysiae. Always loved.
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06 Jul 2026
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Phainon’s soulmark appeared when he was a young boy in Aedes Elysiae. It was supposed to tell him the name of his soulmate, but it was written in an alphabet he had never seen before. He delighted in the idea of a soulmate from a faraway land.
Of course, life didn’t turn out as he’d planned. By the time he arrived in Okhema, love was the last thing on his mind. He'd never learned how to read the mark, and at this point, he'd resolved he never would. He'd dedicated his life to the Flame Chase.
Once he met Mydei, he felt a connection he had never experienced with anyone. Surely, if he had a soulmate, it had to be him. They started spending more time together, growing closer, until Mydei informed him - he had a soulmate, but it wasn't Phainon.
(Or was it?)
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30 Apr 2026
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For most of his life, the crown prince of Castrum Kremnos never had the freedom to make his own choices.
Even before Mydeimos could understand what a choice was, it had been taken from him.
Until he met Phainon.
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20 Nov 2025
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Phainon, despite his best efforts, has gone years without meeting Mydei's mother. Thus far, he has only been able to get to know her through his boyfriend's words and gossip from fellow attorneys—neither of which are particularly unbiased. Now that he finally has the opportunity to make her acquaintance as Mydei's partner, he comes to the terrifying realization that she is probably the only person in the world whose approval could make or break their relationship. It's obvious that Mydei values her opinion more than anyone else’s; it’s no exaggeration to say the future of this relationship hinges on receiving her blessing.
So, yes, Phainon feels it is well within his rights to be scared shitless to meet this near-mythological figure in Mydei’s life for the first time.
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31 Oct 2025
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The Darkness of Sorrow by gideleon for Mental_Tax
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
11 May 2025
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A walk through Sumeru's forests was not always a promenade. Sometimes the path was mired in obstacles of all manner, some of which Kaveh's own mind conjured to pit him against. He was supposed to be the "Light of Ksharewar," but the night was very dark indeed.
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24 Oct 2025
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Architecture of a Man Who Loves Too Loudly by the_untamed_poet25
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
09 Jul 2025
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He never learned how to build something that doesn’t hurt.
a character study of Kaveh
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- Part 84 of Character Studies
- Part 4 of Genshin Impact Character Studies
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12 Oct 2025
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Greet the dawn with eyes wide open by Lilliae
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
14 Aug 2025
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There was only one person who could cook such a delicious meal. The very same only person who could enter and exit his home undetected when he refused to open it for anyone—because he had personally handed over the spare key.
Mydei.
The man who would spite him with terrible food when his jokes grew as stale as the bread he must have left uncovered just for him, or his methods in their latest spar was as slimy as the fish gutted but raw and unscaled. Who could now recall the whole truth but still prepared such a thing with care for the person responsible for his every death.
Amphoreus has become a real planet forged from the memories accumulated over millions of years.
Every citizen is bestowed all the memories that are rightfully their own, so there’s no escaping the actions Phainon took to prolong the cycles until a true hero could arrive with the new dawn.
But when Phainon is unable to see his own worth and face the tomorrow everyone had longed for, there are plenty of people at his side willing to help open his eyes to the truth.
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- Part 1 of After the pale dawn breaks
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04 Oct 2025
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Mouse Among the Wheat by decay for vanishresponse
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
30 Jul 2025
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“Mister?” Khaslana’s own voice asks him, so bright and innocent in his childishness, “who are you?”
Khaslana’s words catch in his throat, choking him, stopping him from saying anything that he wanted to. The child’s eyes blink up at him, wide and blue and happy. Trusting. Excited to see him, even.
“Just someone passing through,” Khaslana says, and he nearly winces at the roughness in his voice. His words come out slowly, heavily, and pained enough that the child frowns. He remembers this. He’s tried this once before. He says, But you sound so -
“But you sound so tired,” the child says, genuine sympathy and concern in his voice.
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16 Aug 2025
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In which Mydei wakes up as a Chimera and now has to figure out how to get back to normal while Phainon tries his best at finding his suddenly missing friend.
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05 Aug 2025
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30 Jul 2025
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Don't go wasting your emotion (lay all your love on me) by that_one_sleep_paralysis_demon
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
13 Jul 2025
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A modern Phaidei Hanahaki AU in which Phainon:
- Freaks out about having Hanahaki
- Tries to make Mydei hate him
- Yearns
- Regrets everything and has a breakdown in front of a 7/11 at one in the morningBookmarked by Romych
26 Jul 2025
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Khaslana dragged Mydei out of the Sea of Souls.
This doesn't affect the cycle in any way.
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- Part 1 of Eternal Recurrences
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23 Jul 2025
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How long does eternity last? How many losses must he endure?
What is his wish?
And at the end of it all, where will the west wind lead him to?
A story of Phainon, his relationship with all the Chrysos Heirs throughout his life, and what being the Deliverer truly means.
Contains 3.4 Spoilers.
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22 Jul 2025
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In hope, in vain; To whom, who waits? by EmpyrealFantasy
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
09 Jul 2025
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In eternal twilight, his mind a mess of assimilation of millions of years of memory, drowning in the consuming rage at this awful, hopeless situation, with the warmth of the love of his cruelly endless life pressed near, he fought to regain control. He had no idea how long it took. He only knew that eventually he found himself with his face burrowed into Mydeimos’s neck as he sobbed, gripping him close for all he was worth. “I’m sorry,” he chanted. “I love you, I’m sorry.”
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22 Jul 2025
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in the dream i don't tell anyone by seaperegrines
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
21 Jul 2025
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Everything about this is surprisingly natural, and that in itself is surprising to Phainon. He can’t remember the last time he had such a domestic moment with Mydeimos, what with the Flame-Chase and everything. In a way, with the sun warming his limbs and Mydei berating him in his unfamiliar tongue, the normalcy has an undercurrent of strangeness — not strange in a bad way, just the sense of peculiarity — as if Phainon has grown too used to their constant struggle for coreflames to ever think about settling down.
or, Phainon finally experiences Era Nova.
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22 Jul 2025
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“I’m fine,” Phainon said, but it felt like he was lying. Why did it feel like he was lying? “I’m so fine.”
Mydei took another long sip, the faintest glimmer of teeth showing as he grinned around the lip of the bottle.
“You sound very normal about this,” he said, dryly. “Unless—wait. Are you a homophobe, Phainon?”
Phainon practically choked on air. “What? No! Absolutely not! I just—you—I didn’t expect…”
“Didn’t expect me to like men?”
Or: Phainon realizes he's gay, and then realizes he's been in love with Mydei all along.
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16 Jul 2025
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When Phainon is sixteen years old, he swears himself to Mydeimos' side.
(an iliad inspired phaidei au)
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28 Jun 2025
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Phainon takes Mydei home to meet his parents. His world-renowned, critically-acclaimed parents, Aglaea Mnestia and Anaxagoras Cerces. Mydei does his best not to freak out.
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27 May 2025
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The Kremnoan Dictionary is Not So Easily Changed by KittensMittens
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
29 Mar 2025
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How dare Phainon claim Mydei didn’t understand romance.
A faint memory of Phainon guffawing at him from atop the roof of a shop appears in his mind; his sapphire eyes twinkling with mirth and stray beams of sunshine caught in them, the way his cheeks turned a soft pink while his silver hair gently swayed with the breeze, reflecting the golden of the sun-
“What’s wrong, my romantically-illiterate prince? Can’t catch me?”
No, Mydei had to prove this imbecile wrong. And he shall do so by courting him, and when Phainon would realise, at the end of it all, that he had actually pulled it off, Mydei would be the one laughing at his face instead.
Or the five times Mydei tries to 'understand romance' by courting Phainon and fails, and the one time he succeeds.
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27 May 2025
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“Sooo…” Tribbie begins, soundly smacking her lips.
“What a situation,” Aglaea laments.
“I wonder who will help him,” is Trinnon’s two cents.
“Now’s your cue, De,” Trianne whispers at him from in between her tiny hands, like it wasn't damn obvious his fate was sealed the moment they all looked at him.
“Splendid idea. Leave it to the homicidal maniac to be his caretaker; what could possibly go wrong?”
Alternatively: A cursed Phainon can't speak, see or hear. Mydei is tasked with taking care of him until everything's sorted out.
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17 May 2025