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    Aether raises a brow, “Attached already?”

    Xiao coughs lightly, “Don’t be foolish. I am merely offering my aid, as I’ve heard that child-rearing can be… a lot to handle on one’s own.”

    Aether should have known it wouldn't be easy, raising a child, let alone raising one with someone he may or may not be developing feelings for. It certainly doesn't help that the child almost looks... exactly like them.

    (An accidental child acquisition fic, inspired largely by the headcanons of Yanqing from Honkai Star Rail)

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    04 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 68

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    "Why are you here?" Link asks again.

    Ghirahim’s visible eye opens, all humor gone from his cold face. “Do you have trouble with your ears? Or are your powers of deductive reasoning as poor as your swordplay?”

    In a desperate bid to adapt to the grueling violence on the surface, Link accepts swordplay lessons from an unexpected teacher. Neither Link nor Ghirahim intend for their late-night truces to bleed into daylight hours.

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    30 May 2026

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    Link’s duty to the people had always been a gift he had freely given. When it is twisted into a cage, Link throws himself upon Farore’s mercy. She has always loved him and is more than willing to give Link something he never would have thought to ask for himself: a fresh start with a people who do not need him to save them.

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    01 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 10

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    10 years later...

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    30 Apr 2026

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    Zuko had never excelled at anything. Azula was a prodigy. Uncle always knew what to say. And Father... Father was strong, iron-like. But Zuko had only ever been good at surviving. Putting one foot in front of the other in a grim show of stubborn determination, gritting his teeth and bearing it. Survival was all he had ever been taught. He knew how to do it. So when he was kidnapped by the Southern Water Tribe, he expected to fight as he always had. He didn’t expect to be taught instead how to live.

    In a warring land, the Water Tribe forgave the enemy in an act of defiance. For this, he was torn from them, and this time, his wounds won't heal so easily.

    Forced back into nothing but survival, the last person Zuko expected to see was Hakoda's son. Hakoda was a promise of safety. The relentless blue of Sokka’s eyes was a promise of happiness. Zuko could have both if he just reached out his hands, but he found them clutching into fists. After all, he’d been burned one too many times.

    But hey, at least between Hakoda and Sokka, Zuko could appreciate the family resemblance of pure, asinine stubbornness.

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    27 Apr 2026