Hale's ZCW25
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After an injury leaves Childe unable to perform his duties as the Tsaritsa's vanguard, she agrees to marry him off to an Adeptus of Zhongli's choosing to foster peace between Snezhnaya and Liyue. However, after meeting him for the first time, Zhongli has a better idea.
For Zhongchi Week 2025's Tuesday prompt 'Wedding'
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- Part 1 of Hale's ZCW25
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After the Abyss almost takes his life, Zhongli is forced to turn Childe into an Adeptus.
For Zhongchi Week 2025's prompts 'fox/dragon' and 'abyssal corrosion'
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- Part 2 of Hale's ZCW25
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If they were someone he deserved before, then they would be better off without him . The shy, earnest young boy whom they had been destined for was dead, replaced by a monster that no one would want to be fated to. The soulmate he had imagined as a child would be sad if they woke up to see their string severed one day, of course. Anyone would, if they’d never actually met the person before. But that heartbreak couldn’t compare to that of learning that the perfect soulmate that they had dreamed of for years– the one he used to hope he was– didn’t exist. That the person the universe had decided was meant for them was actually someone– someone like him.
(Selfishly, he would rather be a dearly missed opportunity than a disappointing reality, even if it did hurt his soulmate more.)
As a child, Ajax dreamt of meeting his soulmate. However, after escaping the abyss and being sent to the Fatui, he decides they would be better off without him, and asks the Tsaritsa to sever his string of fate. Several years later, he is sent to Liyue, and meets a beautiful man who also happens to lack a string on his finger.
For Zhongchi Week 2025's prompt 'soulmates'
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- Part 3 of Hale's ZCW25