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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tartaglia | Childe/Zhongli (Genshin Impact) Characters: Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact), Zhongli (Genshin Impact), Tonia (Genshin Impact), Anthon (Genshin Impact), Teucer (Genshin Impact), Liyue Characters (Genshin Impact) Additional Tags: Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Reunions, Forgiveness, 5 Things, Getting Together, Falling In Love, Confessions, Reconciliation, Zhongli is a Mess (Genshin Impact), Introspection, Regret, Romantic Gestures, Tartaglia | Childe is a Mess (Genshin Impact), Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Zhongli's Love Language is Gift Giving (Genshin Impact), Clingy Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact), Clingy Zhongli (Genshin Impact), Protective Zhongli (Genshin Impact), Evil Celestia (Genshin Impact), Tartaglia | Childe is an Idiot in Love (Genshin Impact) Summary:
After their falling out (post Liyue's archon quest), Childe returns to Snezhnaya, leaving Zhongli behind to wonder what all went wrong. On one of the many nights the ex-archon is lamenting his choices, Childe surprises him by returning- and he's suspiciously kind.
The two of them proceed to have a long and frustrating but frank (and overdue) conversation about what they mean to each other that ends with them - yup, you guessed it!- confessing their undying love and kissing! Lots!
Complete with random headcanons and fanons about the Tsaritsa, Celestia, the gnoses, and Childe's Foul Legacy
*Title after How Could I Have Known by Keaton Henson












